Te Ture ā-Rohe Whakahaere me te Whakaiti Tuku Para 2019 Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw 2019

This bylaw helps to manage and minimise rubbish, recycling and compost in Auckland. It includes rules about kerbside collections and requirements for the waste industry, businesses and multi-unit residential properties.

This bylaw contains rules about:

• what to do with your rubbish and recycling, including kerbside collections, use of donation collection bins and use of public waste bins
• approvals for waste collectors and operators of waste management facilities, resource recovery facilities and donation collection bins, including approval applications and conditions
• composting on premises and at resource recovery facilities
• burial of dead animals on premises a person occupies or owns
• storage and collection areas for waste
• waste management and minimisation plans for trading, event and filming activities in council-controlled public places and certain existing and planned multi-unit developments
• obligations of people and businesses in relation to potential waste from shopping trolleys and unaddressed mail
• controls for the management and minimisation of waste.

This bylaw does not address:

• litter and illegal dumping (refer to the Litter Act 1979)
• collection of inorganic material or hazardous waste, or targeted rates for kerbside collection of food scraps (refer to the Auckland Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018)
• resource consents for fill sites (refer to the Auckland Unitary Plan)
• trade waste or other waste through the wastewater system (refer to the Trade Waste Bylaw 2013 and the Water Supply and Wastewater Network Bylaw 2015)
• the buildup of waste and litter on private residential property (refer to the Property and Maintenance and Nuisance Bylaw, the Health Act and the Litter Act).

The Waste Management and Minimisation (Collections) Control 2023 replaced the Separation of Domestic Waste Control 2013 on 1 February 2024.