Environment Committee Overwhelmingly In Favour Of Processing Plastic Waste Domestically

Source: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2309/S00007/environment-committee-overwhelmingly-in-favour-of-processing-plastic-waste-domestically.htm

Author: Environment Committee

Today, the Parliamentary Environment Committee has recommended by majority that NZ sets a deadline to phase out unlicensed plastic waste exports “to countries beyond Australia”, develop more comprehensive policies to avoid plastic waste creation, increase domestic infrastructure (recognising facilities in Australia), consider regulations to strengthen the licensing and monitoring of waste exports, and increase the monitoring of plastic exports to comply with Basel Convention requirements.