Auckland waste and recycling
968,000 tonnes of waste were disposed in the region's landfill sites between 2000 - 2002. Around 3.4 million tonnes continue to go to landfill every year, and this figure grows as fast as our population.
Landfills are no longer a cheap or appropriate way to dispose of our waste and the costs of running and maintaining them come from the pockets of Auckland ratepayers. It is in everyone's interest reduce waste, reuse goods and recycle materials.
About 65% of what goes into our landfills could be reused or recycled into usable materials for industry to use - it's not rubbish, it is wasted resources and economic opportunities!
As a region we have to change the way we think about our rubbish, and this means we have to change the way we think about what we buy and what we do with things when they are no longer useful to us.
The New Zealand Waste Strategy sets in place a framework for addressing how we can minimise and manage waste. Get a copy of the NZ Waste Strategy.
For more information on what to do with your waste materials, choose from the following:
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