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 March 2020):
|
Exporter |
Waste Product |
Destination |
Quantity (tonnes) |
Expiry |
|
Upcycle Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
1000 |
30/03/2020 |
|
Macaulay Metals Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2000 |
31/03/2020 |
|
Upcycle Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3000 |
31/03/2020 |
|
PCB International Limited |
Mixed e-waste |
Republic of Korea |
500 |
31/03/2020 |
|
Metalman NZ Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3000 |
29/04/2020 |
|
Dominion Trading Co Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3000 |
30/04/2020 |
|
Dominion Trading Co Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3000 |
30/04/2020 |
|
Metalman NZ Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3000 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Abilities Group |
CRT glass |
Australia |
2,000 |
31/05/2020 |
|
Upcycle Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2000 |
31/05/2020 |
|
New Age Materials Limited |
Printed circuit boards |
Belgium |
70 |
31/05/2020 |
|
Metalman NZ Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
6,000 |
30/06/2020 |
|
Auslink International New Zealand Limited |
Cathode ray tube glass |
Republic of Korea |
500 |
30/06/2020 |
|
Upcycle Limited |
Mixed Plastic (Plastics containing BFR and Unsorted Plastics from E Waste) |
Republic of Korea |
2,000 |
30/06/2020 |
|
TES-AMM New Zealand Ltd |
Mixed e-waste |
Singapore |
1,200 |
17/07/2020 |
|
Dominion Trading Co Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
1,000 |
31/07/2020 |
|
ChemWaste (Division of EnviroWaste Services Limited) |
PFAS fire-fighting and industrial PFAS containing chemicals |
France |
150 |
19/08/2020 |
|
The New Zealand Refining Company |
Spent catalyst |
United States of America |
20 |
31/08/2020 |
|
Macaulay Metals Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2,000 |
30/09/2020 |
|
Metalman New Zealand Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
6,000 |
30/09/2020 |
|
Chemwaste (Division of Envirowaste) |
Non-halogenated solvents
|
Australia |
300 |
13/10/2020 |
|
Chemwaste (Division of Envirowaste) |
Mixed waste pesticides
|
Australia |
300 |
13/10/2020 |
|
Global Metal Solutions |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2,000 |
19/10/2020 |
|
Middleman NZ Limited |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3,000 |
30/11/2020 |
|
Metalman |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
3,000 |
30/11/2020 |
|
Computer Recycling Limited |
Printed circuit boards |
Belgium |
150 |
31/12/2020
|
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Tetrachloroethylene |
France |
100 |
3/12/2020 |
|
International Waste Limited (Interwaste) |
Cytotoxic waste |
Australia |
200 |
31/12/2020 |
|
Abilities Group |
Mixed e-waste |
Japan |
3000 |
18/10/2021 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Cytotoxic waste |
Australia |
150 |
31/01/2021 |
|
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 March 2020):
|
Importer |
Waste product |
Source |
Quantity (tonnes) |
Expiry |
|
Metalman NZ Ltd |
Used lead acid batteries |
New Caledonia |
500 |
18/03/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Unsorted waste batteries - A1170 |
New Caledonia |
1 |
26/03/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Used catalyst |
New Caledonia |
300 |
26/03/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste asbestos (dusts and fibres) |
New Caledonia |
150 |
26/03/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Wastes from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish excluding any such waste specified on list B |
New Caledonia |
200 |
26/03/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Medicine and cytotoxic waste |
New Caledonia |
20 |
26/03/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste packages and containers containing dangerous substances, soiled by chemicals |
New Caledonia |
100 |
26/03/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which are not identified and/or are new and whose effects on human health and or environment are not known |
New Caledonia |
200 |
26/03/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Wastes having as constituents or contaminants, excluding metal waste in massive form, any of the following: Antimony, Cadmium, Selenium |
New Caledonia |
20,000 |
16/04/2020
|
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Used oil |
New Caledonia |
1000 |
12/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Metal Waste |
New Caledonia |
0.5 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Mercury, Mercury compounds |
New Caledonia |
10 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste lead-acid batteries |
New Caledonia |
100 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste electrical and electronic assemblies |
New Caledonia |
2 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste mineral oils |
New Caledonia |
300 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste thermal fluids (heat transfer) |
New Caledonia |
100 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste from the production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticizers and glue/adhesives |
New Caledonia |
200 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste non halogenated organic solvents |
New Caledonia |
2500 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste halogenated organic solvents |
New Caledonia |
2.5 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals |
New Caledonia |
10 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions |
New Caledonia |
500 |
26/05/2020 |
|
Salters Cartage Limited |
Waste hydrocarbon oil and grease containing liquids, soils and solids |
New Caledonia |
4,000 |
14/10/2020 |
|
Salters Cartage Limited |
Waste hydrocarbon contaminated oils, sludges and solids |
New Caledonia |
1,500 |
14/10/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Waste consisting of or containing off specification or outdated chemicals |
New Caledonia |
200.0 |
1/12/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Activated charcoal |
New Caledonia |
1.0 |
1/12/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Creosote treated wood |
New Caledonia |
100.0 |
1/12/2020 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Ammonium nitrate |
New Caledonia |
20.0 |
19/12/2020 |
|
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 reseach and development or teaching activities |
New Caledonia |
200.0 |
28/02/2021 |
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 (MT) |
Expiry |
|
Australia |
Liquid waste contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) |
France |
350 |
02/09/2019 |
|
New Caledonia |
Transformers, capacitors, solid and liquid waste contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) |
France |
1640 |
04/12/2019 |
|
Philippines |
Solids and liquids contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) |
France |
608.027 |
13/11/2019 |