Description:
Our
Waste: Our Responsibility was
the topic of CAE's second major
project, which was carried out in
1991/92. The aim of the project
was to provide a set of guidelines
for waste management and to contribute
to better management of wastes in
New Zealand. Better waste management
means not only the appropriate management
of wastes already produced but,
more importantly, aims to avoid
or reduce future wastes at their
sources. Better waste management
in this sense means less wasting
of resources and minimising the
risk of pollution from wastes.The
topic was considered timely because
of the widespread interest in waste
management, both in New Zealand
and overseas, and although New Zealand
does not have the pressures of high
population and the level of industrialisation
of other OECD countries, there is
still ample scope for improvement
in the management of wastes.
The Project Report is presented
in five parts:
- Part
1, Common Themes in Waste
Management, considers matters
relevant
to each of the four topics.
The themes covered are Maori
cultural
values and principles for waste
management, risk assessment,
legislative
framework and public participation.
- Part 2, Waste Minimisation
Practices, identifies and
describes management
practices and technologies
that will minimise the
production of
wastes in New Zealand and
suggests
means for their implementation.
- Part 3, Hazardous Wastes:
Appropriate Technologies
for New Zealand,
addresses
the way in which hazardous
waste management programmes
appropriate
for New Zealand can be
developed.
- Part 4, Landfill
Engineering Guidelines, provides
details of the disposal
of wastes in landfills
for the use and benefit
of planners,
designers,
operators and regulators.
The guidelines aim
to provide
an
outline of the
development and design
of landfills and the
key procedures involved.
- Part
5, Waste Management in Relation
to Water
Supplies, identifies
and
describes waste management
practices and technologies
that will ensure
that the quality
of New Zealand's water
supply
sources are protected.
(The
sections on Hazardous
Wastes
and Landfill
were updated and
published
as standalone publications
in April 2000). |
