Reducing waste – how can we do better?

Our communities generate a lot of waste, and about 62,000 tonnes from Nelson and Tasman ends up in the landfill each year.

We estimate more than half of that waste could be dealt with in a better way: By being reused, recycled or composted – or avoided altogether.

The Nelson City and Tasman District councils are working together to minimise and manage waste in our region.

We’ve developed a plan to guide us – but we can’t make a big impact on our own. Everyone has a part to play in reusing and recycling the resources we have, reducing waste and protecting our environment from its effects.

Our proposed update to the Nelson Tasman Waste Management and Minimisation Plan sees a greater focus on waste avoidance and getting our whole community on board.

Our goals are to work with the community to:

• avoid the creation of waste
• improve efficiency of resource use, and
• reduce the harmful effects of waste.

In our proposed plan we outline where we are now, where we want to be and how we plan to get there.
Now we need to hear from you. Are we on the right track with the draft plan? Is there more we could do? What part can you play?

Find out more

Head online for more information and to make a submission – nelson.govt.nz/waste-plan

Copies of the draft plan are also available at Council offices and libraries.

Consultation is open until 17 September 2018.