featured speakers

featured speakers
hon amy adams
minister for the environment
Amy Adams was educated at Rangitoto College in Auckland, moved to Canterbury in 1988 and has
been a proud Cantabrian ever since.
Amy attended Canterbury University where she studied law, graduating with first class honours
in 1992. Before being elected she was a partner with Mortlock McCormack Law in Christchurch
specialising in commercial and property law.
Amy is a previous member of the CDLS Property Law committee and the NZ Law Society’s Women’s
Consultative Group and the Institute of Directors and was the chairperson of the Board of Trustees of
her local school for the four years prior to her move to politics.
Amy lives in Aylesbury, with her husband Don and their two children, on their 600 acre sheep and
crop farm. She is a keen follower of, and occasional participant in, sport with particular interests in
tennis and triathlons.
She was first elected to Parliament in 2008 and served in her first term as Chairperson of both the
Finance and Expenditure and Electoral Legislation select committees and also served as a member
of the Justice and Electoral and Regulations Review Committees.
In addition to being Minister for the Environment, Amy is also Minister for Communications and
Information Technology and Associate Minister Canterbury Earthquake Recovery.
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Rod Oram has more than 30 years’ experience as an international business journalist. He has worked
for various publications in Europe and North America, including the Financial Times of London.
He is currently a columnist for the Sunday Star Times; a regular broadcaster on radio and television;
and a frequent public speaker on business, economics, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship,
in both NZ and global contexts.
Rod was the winner in the individual category in the 2010 Vero Excellence in Business Support
Awards and was 2010 Columnist of the Year in the consumer category in the national magazine
awards for his columns in Good, a consumer sustainability magazine.
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vaughan levitzke
chief executive, zero waste SA
With more than 30 years’ government experience Vaughan Levitzke has been instrumental in
the establishment of Zero Waste SA in 2003 and positioning South Australia as a leader in waste
management and recycling nationally, and, increasingly, globally.
Through Vaughan’s leadership Zero Waste SA and its partner organisations have carved a strong
reputation in waste policy reform and industry innovation. South Australia is recognised for its
achievements in a broad suite of programmes and initiatives which have benefited the community,
business and industry.
Prior to Zero Waste SA, Vaughan worked at the South Australian EPA in diverse roles including the
regulation of tyres, composting, container deposit legislation and industry eco-efficiency programmes.
A graduate of the University of Adelaide, Vaughan Levitzke’s career as an ecologist started in the area
of developing mapping and remote sensing applications for natural systems management.
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leon fox
general manager, workplace risk solutions
Leon Fox is the general manager of Workplace Risk Solutions, a company specialising in OHS
consultancy, workplace training and advocacy around Department of Labour investigations
and prosecutions. Workplace Risk Solutions has worked extensively with issues and hazards
encountered within the waste management industries.
Leon has previously been injury prevention consultant and national trainer for the Accident
Compensation Corporation, has managed an OHS consultancy and managed an industrial labour
recruitment company.
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dr steven saunders
Described as an ‘Edutainer’, Dr Steven Saunders has earned a well deserved reputation as one of
Australasia’s foremost platform speakers.
Steven speaks with authority on a wide range of topics. His knowledge of behavioural psychology
coupled with 30 years of practical business experience gives Steven the ability to deliver
presentations that not only “hit home” but also provide audiences with sensible ideas for getting
positive results.
duncan wilson
director, eunomia research + consulting (NZ)
Duncan has 14 years’ experience in the sector, including four years working as a senior consultant
in the United Kingdom. Duncan’s work with Eunomia has covered waste strategy development,
waste contract procurement, writing national guidance on waste composition analysis, developing
comprehensive waste prevention strategies for local authorities and collection systems modelling.
Prior to Eunomia, Duncan managed Waste Not in New Zealand where he pioneered a number of
waste and recycling initiatives including the ‘New Zealand Recycling Symbols’ and the development
of a range of Zero Waste planning tools.
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Duncan’s passion is finding new, creative, and practical ways to deliver solutions to environmental
issues. He combines a high level of analytical skills and sound technical knowledge with a focus on
human centred, simple solutions.
russ martin
President Global Product Stewardship Council
Director MS2
Russ Martin has over 20 years’ experience in public policy development and sustainability in the US,
Australia and Middle East. This includes roles in government and as an advisor to governments and
industry.
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Russ is Director of Martin Stewardship & Management Strategies Pty Ltd (MS2), an Australiabased
consultancy, was appointed by the Australian Government to the advisory body for Australia’s
development of product stewardship framework legislation and provided Senate testimony on the
legislation.
From developing and implementing a market-based approach to increase packaging recycling in
Florida, to chairing the inaugural Australian Greenhouse Conference, to crafting innovative waste
management legislation in the United Arab Emirates, Russ has long been a leader in developing
innovative yet pragmatic policies and programs.
Since moving to Australia in 1997, Russ has provided strategic economic and policy advice to a broad
range of industries and governments at all levels. Russ served as a Senior Economist with the New
South Wales EPA, where he assisted with innovative regulatory reforms and provided economic and
policy analysis of major environmental policies and strategies for the Minister for the Environment,
the Cabinet Office, and the EPA´s Executive Branch before going into consulting.
As a consultant, Russ has represented the Australian packaging industry in negotiating the National
Packaging Covenant, developed the first sustainability report for the Australian packaging industry
and examined a range of international product stewardship programs for the federal government
in addition to a myriad of other projects. Recent projects include product stewardship strategies for
corporate clients and recommending changes to the draft Australian and New Zealand standard for
e-waste management on behalf of the Australian Government.
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Since 2005, Russ has been certified as a Certified Environmental Practitioner with the Environment
Institute of Australia and New Zealand.
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workshops
national environmental standard and contaminated land fundamentals workshops
9.00-5.00 : Wednesday 17 October 2012
An interactive workshop/session for contaminated land practitioners and Council staff implementing the new NES. The
sessions will highlight the range of skills required for practitioners in the contaminated land sector, the intricacies of the
NES and the art of contaminated land assessment will be stripped back to its fundamentals and presented by some of the
country’s leading practitioners.
Panel discussions on NES implementation challenges and on the accreditation of Suitably Qualified and Experienced
Practitioners will provide participants with the opportunity to challenge and collaborate to bring about positive change.
land disposal technical guidelines workshop
11.00-12.30 : Wednesday 17 October 2012
As part of the Strategic Alliance between WasteMINZ and the Ministry for the Environment, WasteMINZ has received part
funding to develop technical guidelines for the disposal to land of residual waste and other materials.
This document will provide technical guidance on the siting, design, construction, operation, monitoring, closure and postclosure
management for disposal to land of different types of waste and other materials. The intention is to bring together
the existing clean fill, landfill and closure guidelines into a single document.
As part of this process, the project team is looking for input from WasteMINZ members. This workshop will provide landfill
designers, owners, operator and regulators with the opportunity for input into an integrated reference document to replace
the existing range of guidelines
The workshop will seek direction from the wider industry on waste and disposal facility classifications appropriate to
different standards of siting and engineering, as the starting point for guideline development.
tyrewise – Solutions for End of Life Tyres
3.30-5.00 : Thursday 18 October 2012
Facilitated by the Tyrewise project team
This workshop provides participants with an update on the project to develop a product stewardship solution for end of life
tyres. The project team have released four scoping reports – from investigative through to what a future programme might
look like. The final report is to be submitted to the Ministry for the Environment by March 2013.
Join the project team, industry stakeholders and other interested parties in an interactive session to hear about recent
progress and discuss next steps for the project. All attendance and input regarding this project is welcomed! Visit www.
tyrewise.co.nz for background information and to access the reports released to date.
AGCHEM WORKSHOP : Maximising Effectiveness of Product
Stewardship for Agrichemicals and their Containers in NZ
9.00-10.30 : Friday 19 October 2012
Facilitated by the Agrichemicals review project team
An industry stakeholder working group supported by Government is conducting a review aiming to provide recommendations
to maximise effective stewardship for agricultural chemicals and their associated containers. The review seeks facts based
evidence on a range of issues including information on intractable agrichemicals remaining on rural properties and effective
collection and disposal methods. Outcomes and recommendations from the review are to be realistic rather than theoretical
with few barriers to implementation.
Public consultation on a range of options is important – come along and hear from working group members (including MfE)
about some of the guiding principles which are being developed.
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day 2 : wednesday 17 october 2012
8.00 Registration
opening Plenary contaminated Land : nes workshop
9.00 WasteMINZ intro NES Workshop Overview and Introduction
James Court, BP Oil
NES for assessing and managing contaminants in soil - reporting on the first nine months
Kirsten Forsyth, Ministry for the Environment
9.10 Update from the Ministry
Ministry for the Environment
NES - a territorial authority perspective
Katrina Brunton, Hastings District Council
9.40 Facing the challenge of e-waste
Vaughan Levitzke, Zero Waste SA
Improved consent outcomes through constructive collaboration - regional consents and interface
with NES
Nigel Mather, ERM New Zealand & Andrew Kalbarczyk, Auckland Council
What does the NES mean at the coalface?
Shannon Holroyd, BP Oil
10.30 Morning Tea : eXHIbItIon HaLL : sponsored by smart environmental
e-waste Land disposal technical Guidelines workshop contaminated Land : nes workshop
The Contaminated Land NES: One giant step forward, how many steps back?
Karen Blair, Burton Planning Consultants
An opportunity for participants to provide input
into waste and disposal facility classifications
appropriate to different standards of siting
and engineering, as the starting point for
development of an integrated technical
guideline document for the disposal to land of
residual waste and other materials.
11.00 E-waste - an international perspective
Russ Martin, Global Product Stewardship
Council
Asessing consent requirements under NES - working through examples
James Court, BP Oil
11.30 The changing face of e-waste in New Zealand
Sue Coutts & Karen Driver, Community
Recycling Network, Jon Thornhill, RCN Group
NES panel discussion - Challenges for effective implementation and opportunities for
collaboration
Kirsten Forsyth, Ministry for the Environment; Michelle Begbie, Waikato Regional Council &
Karen Blair, Burton Planning Consultants
12.00 TV Take Back
Ministry for the Environment
12.30 Lunch : eXHIbItIon HaLL : sponsored by envirowaste services
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day 2 : wednesday 17 october 2012
Plenary contaminated Land : Fundamentals workshop
Introduction to workshop and overview of content
Simon Hunt, Golder Associates (NZ)
1.30 Dealing with economic challenges and changes
Rod Oram
Conceptual site models as the basic building block of sound investigation and assessment
practice
Kevin Tearney, URS NZ
Hydrogeology of contaminated sites
Martin Robertson, Z Energy
2.15 Laws don’t make culture - people do
Leon Fox, Workplace Risk Solutions
Assessing risk under the NES - how to use the new SCSs and other stories
Graeme Proffitt, Pattle Delamore Partners
Site management options
Chris Bailey, Tonkin & Taylor
General Q & A
Simon Hunt, Golder Associates (NZ)
3.00 Afternoon Tea : eXHIbItIon HaLL : sponsored by smart environmental
Health & safety Product stewardship waste data contaminated Land : Fundamentals w’shop
Group case studies - review a report and assess
a proposed management strategy in guided
groups
Simon Hunt, Golder Associates (NZ)
Waste data - lessons from initiatives around
the globe
Chris Purchas, Sinclair Knight Merz
Product stewardship: Changing entrenched
consumer behaviour is child’s play
Ed George, Plasback
3.30 Building a sustainable health and safety culture
Margaret Rimmer, Golder Associates (NZ)
Creating efficiency through cloud computing
David Wishart, Atrax Group Ltd
When sustainability met fiscal responsibility!
Sue Coutts, Community Recycling Network
4.00 Inspire with your commitment to OHS
Greg Dearsly, First Principles for Safety
Panel discussion - what did we learn from
exercises and how does this relate to suitably
qualified & experienced practitioners? What
should a SQEP system look like?
Simon Hunt, Golder Associates (NZ); Kevin
Tearney, URS & Graeme Proffitt, Pattle
Delamore Partners
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Enabling product stewardship in local
communities : Case study - Palmerston North
City Council - covering 10 ‘priority/special’
waste types
Jonathon Hannon, Zero Waste Academy &
Marty Hoffart, Waste Watchers
4.30 Are drugs and alcohol a significant risk issue
for the waste industry?
Brent Sutton, KiwiCare Waste Services
5.00 WasteMINZ AGM
5.30 Networking drinks : eXHIbItIon HaLL : sponsored by smart environmental
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day 3 : tHursday 18 october 2012
8.00 Registration
c+d waste tas and wMMPs resource recovery contaminated Land : Moanataiari
The role of portable XRF in contaminated land
investigation - Moanataiari: a case study
Joanne Ferry, Tonkin & Taylor
Resource recovery transfer stations - design
and operating principles
Geoff Thompson, Sinclair Knight Merz
Getting Auckland’s waste sorted
John Dragicevich & Parul Sood, Auckland
Council
9.00 Halving waste to landfill
WRAP
Communicating contaminated land issues - the
Moanataiari subdivision experience
Ben Day, Thames-Coromandel District Council;
Shane Bromley & Chris Hillman, Tonkin & Taylor
TERAX - An advanced deconstruction
technology for organic waste utilisation
Trevor Stuthridge, Scion
Implementation of Hamilton City Council’s
WMMP - an operational perspective
Michelle Carson, Hamilton City Council &
Jonathon Brown, BCD Group
9.30 Market approach to resource efficient
construction
Green Building Council
Use of oral bioaccessibility in human health risk
assessment
David Bull, Golder Associates (NZ)
Waste or resource: Solid Energy’s beneficial
use of waste streams
Paul Weber, Solid Energy New Zealand
Working together to reduce the ‘waste’ in waste
Duncan Wilson, Eunomia Research and
Consulting & Dave Locke, Matamata-Piako
District Council
10.00 Commercialising waste: Turning waste
plasterboard in Christchurch into a valuable
resource
Fraser Scott, True North Consulting
10.30 Morning Tea : eXHIbItIon HaLL : sponsored by Glass Packaging Forum
organics Industry Led Initiatives Landfill contaminated Land : Investigations
A robust statistically based approach to
estimating the probability of contamination
occurring between sampling locations
Dr Peter Beck, GHD
Get beyond the grid - improved economics of
vertical integration
Glenn Wellington, Energy for Industry
Co-operation with information and
communication gets results
Glass Packaging Forum
11.00 Love Food Hate Waste - Reducing food waste
and helping individuals take action
WRAP
Distinguishing between analytical precision and
assessment accuracy in relation to materials
characterisation
Steven Pearce, GHD
The role of landfills in a sustainable future
Chris Lobb, EnviroWaste & Ian Kennedy,
Transpacific Industries Group (NZ)
Packaging for sustainability
Paul Curtis, Packaging Council of New Zealand
11.30 TBA
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Large scale investigations - Development &
implementation of complex methodologies
Rachel Pickett, Tonkin & Taylor
An update from MfE for Disposal Facility
Operators
Ministry for the Environment
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Jonathan Marshall, O-I New Zealand
12.00 Barriers and incentives to separating food
waste in large New Zealand hotels
Richard Singleton
12.30 Lunch : eXHIbItIon HaLL : sponsored by transpacific Industries Group (nZ)
Plenary contaminated Land : risk assessment
Is soil ingestion an acute toxicity risk for children?
Andrew Rumsby, Pattle Delamore Partners
1.30 How to thrive on stress and stay sane in a crazy and changing world
Dr Steven Saunders
Risk assessment – getting it right the first time
Dr Lisa Bradley, AECOM
2.15 What does the ‘lowest price’ tender really cost?
Duncan Wilson, Eunomia Research & Consulting
The MfE Guidelines - overdue for an update?
James Court, BP Oil
3.00 Afternoon Tea : eXHIbItIon HaLL : sponsored by Glass Packaging Forum
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day 4 : FrIday 19 october 2012
8.30 Registration
Landfill Product stewardship agchem workshop contaminated Land : remediation
In-situ enhanced bioremediation of dry cleaner
related chlorinated solvents in groundwater
Jason Clay, AECOM
An industry stakeholder working group
supported by Government is conducting a
review aiming to provide recommendations to
maximise effective stewardship for agricultural
chemicals and their associated containers.
Public consultation on a range of options is
important – come along and hear from working
group members (including MfE) about some
of the guiding principles which are being
developed.
CDL - The South Australian experience
Vaughan Levitzke, Zero Waste SA
9.00 Unique emission factors - going through the
process
Brett Tomkins, Deloitte
Soil disposal assessments: Considerations
for managing waste soil from potentially
contaminated sites - a consultant’s perspective
Natalie Rowe, URS NZ
CDL - A global context
Russ Martin, MS2
9.30 ETS - surrender obligations and hedging
carbon liabilities
Westpac Institutional Bank
Rebuilding Christchurch’s underground
infrastructure: Practical solutions for managing
contaminated land and complying with the NES
Grant Anderson, Stronger Christchurch
Infrastructure Rebuild Team, Lucy Hine, Tonkin
& Taylor and Davina McNickel, Environment
Canterbury
CDL Panel Discussion
TBC
10.00 Purchasing carbon credits ahead of time to
cover landfills’ future obligations.
Nigel Brunel, OM Financial
Facilitated by 3R’s Agrichemicals Review
project team
10.30 Morning Tea : eXHIbItIon HaLL
disaster Management Government Perspectives contaminated Land : Hydrocarbons
Rapid response approach to sampling and assessment of hydrocarbon vapor intrusion sites
Todd Ririe, BP Oil
The role of the EPA
Ilana Burton & Nikki McKenzie, Environmental
Protection Authority
11.00 Residential red-zone household hazardous
waste project
Kitty Waghorn, Waimakariri District Council
Case study of vapour intrusion: Soil vapour model conservatism vs indoor air measurements
Sarah Knowles, ERM NZ
Brominated flame retardants
Ministry for the Environment & Environmental
Protection Authority
11.30 Christchurch demolitions perspective from a
debris & waste manager
Luke Austin, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery
Authority & Don Chittock, Environment
Canterbury
Chlorinated solvents: The value of active gas sampling in assessing remedial options and risk at
chlorinated solvent
Andrew Hart, Golder Associates (NZ)
A comparison of the waste sectors in Scotland
and New Zealand
Ministry for the Environment
12.00 TBA
TBC
12.30 Lunch : eXHIbItIon HaLL
Conference ends
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egistration options
three day registration : Wednesday 17, Thursday 18 & Friday 19 October
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Includes morning, afternoon teas and lunches
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All plenary and technical sessions
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Conference programme, list of exhibitors and attendees
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Networking drinks on Wednesday
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Formal dinner on Thursday
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Excludes site tours and TA Forum
one day registration : Wednesday 17 October 2012
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Includes morning, afternoon teas and lunch on Wednesday
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All plenary and technical sessions on Wednesday
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Conference programme, list of exhibitors and attendees
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Networking drinks on Wednesday
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Excludes site tours, TA Forum and formal dinner
one day registration : Thursday 18 October 2012
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Includes morning, afternoon teas and lunch on Thursday
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All plenary and technical sessions on Thursday
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Conference programme, list of exhibitors and attendees
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Excludes site tours, TA Forum and formal dinner
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If you wish to attend the formal dinner this is an additional cost
one day registration : Friday 19 October 2012
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Includes morning tea and lunch on Friday
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All plenary and technical sessions on Friday
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Conference programme, list of exhibitors and attendees
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Excludes site tours, TA Forum
Formal dinner : Thursday 18 October 2012
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Formal dinner at Claudelands. Enjoy the best in food and wine along with a great night’s
entertainment. Please note: Tickets subject to availability, package purchasers have priority.
Formal dinner is included in Three Day Registration.
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Site tours
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Resource Recovery : Xtreme Waste, Raglan : Tuesday 16 October 2012 : 9.00-12.30
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Contaminated Land Management : Hill Laboratories lab tour : Friday 19 October 2012 : 1.00-2.30
ta forum : Tuesday 16 October 2012 : 1.30-5.00
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TA Forum, Claudelands, Hamilton - open to Council members only
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general information
The Venue
Claudelands Events Centre, cnr of Brooklyn Road and Heaphy Terrace, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Registration Information
Current membership (1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013) with WasteMINZ is essential as you must be a
WasteMINZ member to attend the conference.
You are invited to register online. Payment by credit card or direct credit is appreciated and quoting
your invoice number as your payment reference is essential.
Please ensure you have an official purchase order number if this is your company policy.
To receive earlybird or regular fees – your registration must be paid IN FULL on or before the
final closing date for these fees.
Please check your confirmation information and tax invoice carefully to ensure your registration
is correct.
Registration does not include insurance of any kind.
If you have not received confirmation of registration within 5 days of registering online, please
contact WasteMINZ.
Cancellation Policy
Should you be unable to attend once you have registered, you are welcome to reassign your
registration to another financial member of WasteMINZ.
If you are unable to arrange a replacement, a refund less an administration charge of $150 excluding
GST will be made, providing notification has been received no later than 28 September 2012. After
28 September no refund will be made as advice of numbers for catering, seating, etc., will have been
advised to the venues.
Cancellation of your registration must be in writing and WasteMINZ will acknowledge this by
return written advice.
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environmental Policy
WasteMINZ is a professional membership association supporting those working nationally within
the solid waste and resource recovery sector.
WasteMINZ acknowledges its role to foster responsibility to protect, conserve and improve
the environment and it aims to do this directly through its business practices and indirectly by
influencing its members and other stakeholders.
WasteMINZ will seek to minimise its effect on the environment by adopting environmentally
responsible policies and practices throughout its operations.
To fulfil this commitment WasteMINZ will seek:-
a. to manage its activities, events, products and services with consideration for the environment and
resource efficiency;
b. to minimise resource consumption, both renewable and non-renewable, particularly energy,
water and paper;
c. to purchase, where practicable, environmentally superior products and services from suppliers
who have demonstrated a commitment to good environmental practice;
d. to communicate WasteMINZ’ Environmental Policy to members and stakeholders; and
e. to have regard for sustainability issues in environmental, economic and social matters.
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WasteMINZ is the largest
representative body of the waste
and resource recovery sector in
New Zealand. Formed in 1989, it is
a membership-based organisation
with over 1,000 members – from
small operators through to
councils and large companies.
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We are the authoritative voice on
waste and resource recovery in
New Zealand and seek to achieve
ongoing and positive development
of our industry through
strengthening relationships,
facilitating collaboration,
knowledge sharing and
championing the implementation
of best practice standards.
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