Drop in waste volumes reflects construction slump

Drop in waste volumes reflects construction slump
The latest waste data isn’t the good news it first appears to be, says Barney Irvine from the Waste & Recycling Industry Forum. (Image: Barney Irvine).
Cécile Meier
The amount of waste generated across New Zealand dropped sharply last year, alongside a lift in the national recycling rate, new data shows. But the waste industry says the improvement is mostly driven by a construction sector slump, not a shift in behaviour by households or businesses. New data from the Waste & Recycling Industry Forum (WRIF), which represents most of the country’s large private waste operators, shows per-capita waste generation fell from 1,090 kilograms in 2023 to 880kg in 2024. The national recycling rate...

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