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Recommendation

Reduce landfill emissions resulting from organic waste

Section: 6.5. Moving to a circular economy

How

Steps should be taken to:

  1. Improve the collection of organic waste through more commercial and household food waste collection services.
  2. Target education and behaviour-change programmes to improve the take-up of organic waste collection.
  3. Require landfill gas capture for all landfills that accept organic waste.

Who

  • Manatū Mō Te Taiao | Ministry for the Environment
  • Local Government

When

2022 - 2031

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