Here you'll find details of current permits for the import and export of hazardous waste.
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.
The following companies have current permits to export hazardous waste from New Zealand (updated October 2020):
|
Exporter |
Waste Product |
Destination |
Quantity (tonnes) |
Expiry |
|
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 New Zealand Limited |
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 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Cytotoxic waste |
Australia |
150 |
31/01/2021 |
|
Sky Metal Recyclers |
Used lead acid batteries |
Republic of Korea |
2000 |
31/01/2021 |
|
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 |
Germany |
6,000 |
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 |
Upcycle Limited |
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 |
|
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 |
|
Waste Management NZ Ltd |
Halogenated solvents |
France |
200 |
03/12/2021 |
|
Itrecycla Limited |
Mixed e-waste |
Japan |
600 |
30/09/2022 |
|
New Age Materials |
Printed circuit boards |
Belgium |
165 |
31/10/2022 |
The following companies have current permits to import hazardous waste into New Zealand (updated October 2020):
|
Importer |
Waste product |
Source |
Quantity (tonnes) |
Expiry |
|
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 reteach and development or teaching activities |
New Caledonia |
200.0 |
28/02/2021 |
|
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 |
Hazardous waste shipment currently permitted to transit New Zealand en route from one country to another:
|
Source |
Waste product |
Destination |
Quantity (MT) |
Expiry |
|
New Caledonia |
Circuits containing Sulphur Hexafluoride |
France |
100 |
13/12/2020 |
|
New Caledonia |
Transformers, capacitors, solid and liquid waste contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) |
France |
1500 |
13/12/2020 |
|
New Caledonia |
PFAS |
France |
150 |
13/12/2020 |
|
Australia |
Lithium metal batteries |
Canada |
10 |
30/11/2020 |
| Australia | Lithium metal batteries in equipment | Canada | 5 | 30/11/2020 |