Appendix 4: Summary of OECD
Review.
The OECD Environmental
Performance Reviews (1996) recommended that consideration be given to the following
proposals (re: NZ's waste management performance):
- develop a national waste
information database, including definition and classification of different kinds of
waste;
- increase the involvement of
the central Government in assisting regional authorities with guidelines on waste
management practices, especially regarding assessment of environmental effects;
- implement specific legislation
for the control, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste; take steps to
facilitate the siting of dedicated treatment facilities within the country and negotiated
disposal agreements of other OECD countries, as the need be;
- promote cleaner production
and recycling, including waste reduction at source, creation of recycling
facilities within the country or promotion of exports to other countries, by securing
markets for recycled products;
- improve landfill disposal
practices by tightening disposal standards, providing for the collection and treatment
of leachate and closing substandard landfills;
- introduce disposal charges,
taking account of present real and future landfill costs;
- clean up those contaminated
sites that present the highest risks of contamination to waterways and aquifers.
