Current permits for hazardous waste
Here you'll find details of current permits for the import and export of hazardous waste.
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The permit process ensures the facilities where hazardous waste will be disposed or recovered (in New Zealand or abroad) comply with the Basel Convention’s requirements.
This is to ensure the waste is treated in an environmentally-sound manner.
Export permits
The following companies have current permits to export hazardous waste from New Zealand (updated February 2021):
|
Exporter |
Waste Product |
Destination |
Quantity (metric tonnes) |
Expiry |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
PFAS |
France |
200 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste pesticides |
Germany |
60 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Metalman New Zealand Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
1000 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Metalman New Zealand Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
5000 |
28/02/2021 |
|
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited |
Spent pot liner |
Spain |
10,000 |
30/03/2021 |
|
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited |
Spent pot liner |
Germany |
6,000 |
31/03/2021 |
|
E Waste Solutions Limited (T/A Computer Recycling) |
Mixed e-waste |
Republic of Korea |
700 |
31/03/2021 |
|
Metalman New Zealand Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3000 |
30/04/2021 |
|
Dominion Trading Company Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3000 |
30/04/2021 |
|
Metalman New Zealand Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2000 |
31/05/2021 |
|
Upcycle Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3000 |
31/05/2021 |
|
Sky Metal Recyclers |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
1000 |
31/05/2021 |
|
Upcycle Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
100 |
31/05/2021 |
|
Dominion Trading Company Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
4,200 |
30/06/2021 |
|
Upcycle Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
500 |
30/06/2021 |
|
TES-AMM New Zealand Limited |
Mixed e-waste |
Singapore |
1,200 |
08/07/2021 |
|
Dominion Trading Company Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2,000 |
31/07/2021 |
|
Upcycle Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2,000 |
31/07/2021 |
|
Macaulay Metals Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2000 |
31/07/2021 |
|
Dominion Trading Company Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
1,000 |
31/08/2021 |
|
Metalman New Zealand Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
5,000 |
31/08/2021 |
|
Metalman New Zealand Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
6,000 |
30/09/2021 |
|
Macaulay Metals Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2,000 |
30/09/2021 |
|
Abilities Group |
Mixed e-waste |
Japan |
3000 |
18/10/2021 |
|
Global Metal Solutions |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
1,000 |
19/10/2021 |
|
Chemwaste (division of Envirowaste) |
Carbon contaminated with PFAS firefighting foams and industrial PFAS containing chemicals |
France |
50 |
15/11/2021 |
|
Chemwaste (division of Envirowaste) |
PFAS firefighting foams and industrial PFAS containing chemicals |
France |
300 |
15/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Halogenated solvents |
France |
200 |
03/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Solid and liquid pesticides |
Germany |
60 |
28/02/2022 |
|
Itrecycla Limited |
Mixed e-waste |
Japan |
600 |
30/09/2022 |
|
New Age Materials |
Printed circuit boards |
Belgium |
165 |
31/10/2022 |
Import permits
The following companies have current permits to import hazardous waste into New Zealand (updated February 2021):
|
Importer |
Waste product |
Source |
Quantity (metric tonnes) |
Expiry |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Electric accumulators and used unsorted batteries |
New Caledonia |
1.0 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste catalysts |
New Caledonia |
300.0 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Asbestos waste |
New Caledonia |
150.0 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Clinical and related waste |
New Caledonia |
20.0 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigment, paints, lacquers |
New Caledonia |
200.0 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste packages and containers containing annex 1 substances |
New Caledonia |
100.0 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste chemical substances from reteach and development or teaching activities |
New Caledonia |
200.0 |
28/02/2021 |
|
Salters Cartage Limited |
Used oils and oil sludges |
French Polynesia |
2,500 |
16/03/2021 |
|
Metalman NZ Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
New Caledonia |
500 |
13/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Metal wastes and waste consisting of alloys of mercury |
New Caledonia |
0.5 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste having as constituents or contaminants, excluding metal waste in massive form, any of the following: antimony, cadmium, selenium |
New Caledonia |
20,000 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Crushed fluorescent tubes |
New Caledonia |
10 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
New Caledonia |
100 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste electrical and electronic assembly, other activated glass, vapour sodium lamps |
New Caledonia |
2 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Rags soiled by hydrocarbons, oil filter, oil, earth soiled by hydrocarbons, wastes soiled by hydrocarbons |
New Caledonia |
300 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste thermal fluids: Cooling liquid |
New Caledonia |
100 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticizers, glue/adhesives |
New Caledonia |
200 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste non-halogenated organic solvents |
New Caledonia |
2500 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Halogenated Solvents |
New Caledonia |
2.5 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals, including waste pesticides and herbicides which are off-specification, outdated or unfit for their originally intended use |
New Caledonia |
10 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions, earth soiled by hydrocarbons |
New Caledonia |
500 |
8/04/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Unsorted waste batteries |
New Caledonia |
5 |
29/07/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Off-specification or outdated chemicals |
New Caledonia |
200 |
29/07/2021 |
|
Salters Cartage Limited |
Oily rags and filters |
New Caledonia |
400 |
09/08/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Off-specification or outdated chemicals |
New Caledonia |
2,000 |
28/09/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste non-halogenated organic solvents |
New Caledonia |
2,500 |
28/9/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste packages and containers containing Annex 1 substances/Packaging and solids soiled by chemicals
|
New Caledonia |
|
30/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste from production, formulation, and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish |
New Caledonia |
|
30/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste acidic and basic solutions |
New Caledonia |
|
30/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Mercury and Mercury compounds, Equipment, and Articles containing Mercury |
New Caledonia |
|
30/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste from the MFSU of Resins, Latex, Plasticizers, Glue, Adhesives |
New Caledonia |
|
30/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste asbestos and wastes contaminated with asbestos |
New Caledonia |
|
30/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides, phytopharmaceuticals including waste pesticides and herbicides which are off spec, outdated or unfit for their intended use |
New Caledonia |
|
30/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste ashes from thermal power generation and incinerators / |
New Caledonia |
|
30/11/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste Asbestos |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Hydrocarbons |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
waste tarry residues |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
oily rags and oil/diesel filters - hydrocarbons |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Glue, Resin, Adhesive |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Photo lab products |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Paint waste |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Non-halogenated Solvents |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Halogenated Solvents |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Pharmaceutical Waste |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Pesticides |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Acids and Alkalis |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Cooling agents and Industrial Cleaning Products waste |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Soil Contaminated with hydrocarbons |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste Asbestos |
French Polynesia |
|
10/12/2021 |
Transit of hazardous waste
Hazardous waste shipment currently permitted to transit New Zealand en route from one country to another:
|
Source |
Waste product |
Destination |
Quantity (metric tonnes) |
Expiry |
|
Australia |
Spent catalyst |
USA |
110 |
30/10/2021 |