1.2 Purpose of this waste assessment - Waikato District Council

Table 17: Per capita diverted materialsWaikato district Hauraki district Matamata-PiakodistrictPopulation 58,459 17,190 30,483Total diverted materials 6,949 2,230 3,111Tonnes/capita/annum ofdiverted materials0.119 0.130 0.102The per capita collection of diverted materials is similar between the three districts.4.3.5 Comparisons with other districts – waste to landfillIn previous surveys for other councils, Waste Not Consulting collected data on per capita disposal of wasteto landfill. Table 18 compares the figures for a number of districts with the Waikato district. It is important tonote that some of the data were gathered before the global financial crisis of 2008. Waste to landfill tonnagesdecreased on the order of 20 per cent subsequent to that time.Table 18: Per capita waste to landfill compared to other districtsOverall waste(excluding cover materials and special waste)Tonnes per capitaper annumWaimakariri district 2010 0.336Hauraki district 2010 0.361Rodney district 2009 0.369Matamata-Piako district 2010 0.434Kapiti Coast district 2005 0.443Tauranga City and WBoP district 2010 0.452Southland district 2007 0.458Whakatane district 2007 0.465Waikato district 2010 0.509Waitaki district 2008 0.518Gore district 2007 0.519South Waikato district 2007 0.541Whangarei district 2008 0.570Rotorua 2009 0.574Napier/Hastings 2009 0.581Taupo district 2008 0.620Invercargill City 2007 0.684Thames-Coromandel district 0.695Napier/Hastings 2007 0.743Queenstown Lakes district 2008 1.228The districts with the lowest per capita waste generation tend to be either rural areas or areas close to urbanareas but with relatively low levels of manufacturing activity. The areas with the highest per capita wastegeneration are those with significant primary manufacturing activity or with large numbers of tourists.30