Code of practice for retail fireworks - Environmental Protection ...

14. DISPOSAL
In general, retail fireworks will be disposed of through their use. However, old stocks
of fireworks requiring disposal should be sent for destruction by a suitably qualified
approved handler. The NZ Army will destroy old or unwanted explosives including
retail fireworks, and can be contacted through your local Police station.
Additionally, each year some retail fireworks that are imported fail testing. While
there is no explicit requirement in the HSNO Regulations for non-compliant fireworks
to be destroyed or exported, where fireworks fail testing due to rupture, mis-fire or
other performance defects that cannot be rectified, and therefore are unsuitable for
either retail or pyrotechnic display purposes, it is considered to be best practice for
these items to be destroyed as soon as practical.
HSNOCOP 18-3 Page 24 of 37 August 2008