{{Short description|Act of Parliament in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2013}} {{infobox legislation | short_title = Waste Minimisation Act | legislature = New Zealand Parliament | image = Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg | imagesize = 180px | long_title = | introduced_by = Green Party | administered_by = | passed = 2008 | royal_assent = 25 September 2008 | date_commenced = see section 2 of the Act | amendments = | related = | repeals = | status = Current }} The '''Waste Minimisation Act''' is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand in 2008.
It was a Private Members Bill introduced by Nándor Tánczos. The major provisions of the Act are: a levy on landfill waste, promoting product stewardship schemes, some mandatory waste reporting, clarifying the role of territorial authorities with respect to waste minimisation, and sets up a Waste Advisory Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/waste-minimisation.html|title=The Waste Minimisation Act 2008|date=2009-03-22|publisher=Ministry for the Environment|accessdate=2009-06-12|archive-date=4 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504133347/http://www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/waste-minimisation.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Act has a provision where the Minister for the Environment can assign the status of priority product, which are those that can cause a high degree of environmental harm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2008/0089/latest/DLM1154572.html#DLM1154572|title=Waste Minimisation Act 2008 – Declaration of priority products|date=25 September 2008|publisher=New Zealand Government|accessdate=19 October 2010}}</ref>
==See also== *Waste in New Zealand *Environment of New Zealand *Lists of acts of the New Zealand Parliament
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==External links== *[http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2008/0089/latest/DLM999802.html Text of the Act] *[http://www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/waste-minimisation.html Ministry for the Environment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504133347/http://www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/waste-minimisation.html |date=4 May 2009 }} – Waste Minimisation Act information page *[http://www.pce.parliament.nz/publications/submissions-and-advice/briefing-on-the-waste-minimisation-bill Briefing on the Waste Minimisation Bill] by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
;News *{{cite news|url=http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/regulation-changes-fail-appease-scrap-merchants-34415|title=Regulation changes fail to appease scrap merchants|last=Robertson|first=Fiona|date=26 August 2008|work=National Business Review|accessdate=11 October 2010}}
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