Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw pre-engagement

The early insights phase has concluded.

Do you have ideas or insights to share that could help us develop a waste management and minimisation bylaw for the district?

Queenstown Lakes District Council has identified a need to improve the way waste is managed and minimised across the district as part of its commitment to becoming a low-waste, low-emissions, circular economy.

This includes the development of a waste management and minimisation bylaw that could address concerns with a range of known challenges, including:

• contamination of different waste streams when the incorrect material is put in a wheelie bin e.g. rubbish with recycling;
• commercial and household rubbish and recyclables being placed in or around public litter bins;
• management of commercial rubbish and recycling in our town centres
• leaving commercial or residential bins out for extended periods;
• management of waste from private roads and at multi-unit developments e.g. insufficient space to store bins, truck access, difficult to use systems that don’t promote separation of recyclables; and
• lack of adequate planning for waste management and minimisation at events held in public places or in the construction industry.

Why is a bylaw needed?

The development of a bylaw will provide a regulatory framework to better enable Council to drive its Waste Minimisation and Management Plan objectives on behalf of the district, and take enforcement action where required.

Have your say

Feedback closed on Sunday 26 November 2023.

Next steps

After the early insights phase is complete, we will develop a draft waste management and minimisation bylaw which will be notified for formal consultation in 2024.