This guidance outlines the requirements and responsibilities that the New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) has under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008, Waste Minimisation (Calculation and Payment of Waste Disposal Levy) Regulations 2009 and the Waste Minimisation (Information Requirements) Regulations 2021.
This guidance applies to NZTA staff, its consultants, contractors and partners involved in the construction and maintenance of its land transport infrastructure.
We would like your feedback to confirm that this guidance is fit for purpose.
Consultation closes 31 January 2025
Please send all feedback by email to:
The information you send us on this in a written submission will be used by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) to help inform our consultation Guidance on the Waste Minimisation Act compliance requirements for transport infrastructure delivery and maintenance. NZTA may publish in part or in full the information you submit, for example in a consultation report, but we will not include any information that could be used to identify an individual person. If you have indicated you are an authorised representative of an organisation, we may publish your organisation’s name. Please clearly indicate if your comments contain commercially sensitive information or, if for some other reason, they should not be disclosed.
If you would like to request official information from us, please don’t include that in your submission. Instead, please direct it to the project team so we can respond to it in a timely manner.
You can find more about how we hold and protect your information, and our obligations under the Official Information Act:
