Abstract

This report has been prepared for Environment Waikato to provide an overview of waste data collected within the Waikato region over the past 10 years.

During this time, there have been two periods of waste surveying, the first in late 1995, early 1996 and the second between 2003 and 2005. The surveys undertaken in the mid 1990's were part of a series of surveys undertaken at 15 disposal facilities in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. These surveys were completed by AgFirst Consultants Environmental Ltd and were funded by the Ministry for the Environment.

The surveys undertaken between 2003 and 2005 were part of three separate projects, and were all completed by Waste Not Consulting. The first and second project were commissioned by Environment Waikato and co-funded by the respective local territorial authorities. The first project gathered waste data on Hamilton domestic refuse, Rotorua domestic refuse, and the Rotorua landfill. The second project collected waste disposal data from Paeroa transfer station, Waihi transfer station, Horotiu landfill, and Frankton transfer station in Hamilton.

The third project was part of a Ministry for the Environment programme collecting baseline waste composition data throughout New Zealand. This project included eight quarterly surveys of the Matamata transfer station, spread over a two year period (2003-04) and was partially funded by Matamata-Piako District Council.

This report presents a summary of the data collected at each of the facilities surveyed. As the survey methodology changed considerably between the 1995/96 surveys and the 2003/05 surveys, and slightly between each of the individual surveys in 2003/05, a brief methodology has been provided with each set of results. An overview of the refuse and recycling services available in each waste disposal facility and provided by each local authority has also been included where available, though the information provided for the 1995-96 period is based solely on the information available in the original AgFirst reports.

A regional waste flow model has been created for each of the two periods, to provide an overview of waste movements within the Waikato, and to provide a context for the waste data collected during the surveys. This has also been broken down into waste flows within each separate territorial authority. Once again, these territorial waste flows are based on the information provided in the AgFirst reports and are not comprehensive.

Summary of Waikato Waste Data 1995 to 2005 [PDF, 677 KB]

Contents
1 Introduction	4
2 Waste in Waikato region 1995/96	4
2.1 Introduction to 1995/96 surveys	4
2.2 Regional waste flow model	5
2.3 District waste flow model	5
2.3.1 Hamilton district	6
2.3.2 Hauraki district	6
2.3.3 Matamata-Piako district	6
2.3.4 Rotorua district	7
2.3.5 Thames-Coromandel district	7
2.3.6 Waikato district	8
2.3.7 Waipa district	8
2.3.8 Waitomo	8
3 Results 1995/96	9
3.1 Survey methodology	9
3.2 Hamilton city	9
3.3 Hauraki district	10
3.4 Matamata-Piako district	12
3.5 Rotorua district	13
3.6 Thames-Coromandel district	14
3.7 Waikato district	16
3.8 Waipa district	17
3.9 Waitomo district	18
4 Waste in Waikato region 2003/05	20
4.1 Introduction to surveys 2003/05	20
4.2 Regional waste flow model	20
4.3 District waste flow model	21
4.3.1 Franklin district	22
4.3.2 Hamilton city	22
4.3.3 Hauraki district	22
4.3.4 Matamata-Piako district	23
4.3.5 Otorohanga district	23
4.3.6 Rotorua district	23
4.3.7 South Waikato district	24
4.3.8 Taupo district	24
4.3.9 Thames-Coromandel district	24
4.3.10 Waikato district	25
4.3.11 Waipa district	25
5.1 Hamilton city	26
5.1.1 Hamilton domestic kerbside refuse	26
5.1.2 Methodology	26
5.1.3 Frankton transfer station	29
5.1.4 Horotiu landfill	33
5.2 Rotorua district	38
5.2.1 Rotorua domestic kerbside refuse	38
5.2.2 Rotorua landfill	41
5.3 Hauraki District	46
5.3.1 Paeroa transfer station	46
5.3.2 Waihi transfer station	51
5.4 Matamata-Piako district	55
5.4.1 Matamata transfer station	55
6 Comparisons	60
6.1 Changes in waste composition	60
6.2 Changes in disposal facilities	61
Appendix 1: WAP classifications	63
Appendix 2: Hamilton & Rotorua domestic refuse SWAP classifications	64
Appendix 3: Rotorua landfill SWAP classifications	65
Appendix 4: Horotiu landfill & Frankton transfer station SWAP classifications	66
Appendix 5: Paeroa and Waihi transfer station SWAP classifications	67
Appendix 6: Matamata transfer station SWAP classifications	68

Summary of Waikato Waste Data 1995 to 2005

Abstract

Overall, how useful was this page?

Thanks for your feedback