1.2 Purpose of this waste assessment - Waikato District Council

goal of the Fund, and ensure that their application demonstrates a contribution to these goals.The latest information available on the fund suggests that the main assessment point is likely to be whatthe Ministry describe as ‘largest net benefit over time’ eg amount of waste diverted from landfill per dollarof funding), alongside supporting criteria such as likelihood of success, reducing environmental harm, widersustainability benefits, and longevity. Projects that can act as trailblazers for the rest of New Zealand will also befavoured. The Ministry strongly encourages partnership working and collaboration.While no minimum ‘match’ funding has been specified, the Ministry has made it clear that projects with higherlevels of match funding will be seen as demonstrating successful collaboration and a greater likelihood of successand longevity.The first funding round opened on 1 December 2009, and applications closed at 5pm on 1 March 2010.Successful projects commenced in August 2010. The next funding round ran during in January – March2011, with projects starting in August/September 2011. A third round is expected in late 2011 and MfE hasannounced that this will be a ‘targeted’ round.A.2.4.5Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)In its current form, The Climate Change (Emissions Trading) Amendment Act 2008 will require landfill ownersto surrender emission units to cover methane emissions generated from the landfill, thereby impacting on thecost of landfilling. Should any future solid waste incineration plants be constructed, the Act would also requireemission units to be surrendered to cover carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions from theincineration of household wastes. The waste sector will not formally enter the ETS until 1 January 2011, atwhich time voluntary reporting can occur. Mandatory reporting requirements will apply from January 2012 andemission units will need to be surrendered as of 2013.Emissions for waste will be accounted for within the year that the waste is disposed of to landfill – ie the totalamount of methane that waste is expected to produce will be calculated, reported, and require NZUs in theyear it goes to landfill. This does mean that closed landfills will not require any reporting or NZUs. ‘Legacy’closed landfills have been excluded from the ETS.The definition of a disposal facility will be the same as applies in the Waste Minimisation Act (2008).This DEF assumes that no landfill gases are collected or destroyed in any way, and incorporates an assumptionthat 10 per cent of methane in a capped landfill is oxidised to CO2 before being emitted to the atmosphere.For a DFO to use a UEF, they must carry out a prescribed Solid Waste Analysis Protocol (SWAP) surveyprocess for a year’s waste. This SWAP survey must categorise the waste by source, as municipal solid waste,commercial and industrial, building and demolition, and other. Within each source, the fraction of the followingwaste materials must be calculated: food waste, garden waste, paper, wood, textiles, nappies, sewage sludge,and other.For each of these waste materials, a standard proportion of degradable organic carbon (DOC) has beencalculated. These are shown in Table 23. ‘Other materials’ are assumed to have zero DOC.Table 23: Proportions of degradable organic carbon, by materialWaste materialDOCFood waste 0.15Green waste 0.20Paper 0.40Wood 0.43Textiles 0.24Nappies 0.24Sewage sludge 0.05The regulations require landfill operators to undertake two waste surveys over a 12 month period with the58