Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw 2019

​The Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw 2019 encourages a transformation in the way Aucklanders reduce, recycle, reuse and recover resources to help Auckland achieve a zero-waste future.

What the Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw 2019 does

This Bylaw contains rules about:

• appropriate disposal or discarding of waste, including use of donation collection bins and 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 disposed of or discarded material

• 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 disposed of or discarded material.

What the Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw 2019 does not cover

This Bylaw does not address:

• litter and illegal dumping (refer to Litter Act 1979)

• collection of inorganic material or hazardous waste, or targeted rates for kerbside collection of food scraps (refer to Auckland Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018)

• resource consents for fill sites (refer to Auckland Unitary Plan)

• trade waste or other waste through the wastewater system (refer to Trade Waste Bylaw 2013 and Water Supply and Wastewater Network Bylaw 2015).

Get a copy of the Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw 2019 and controls.