Effect of the changes of the Waste Minimisation (Waste Disposal Levy) Amendment Act 2024 on the aggregate and quarry sector
Tuesday, 3 September 11am - 12pm;
Free for WasteMINZ members and $59 plus GST for non WasteMINZ members
Quarries have accepted fill for decades in order to reinstate extracted ground. This 60 minute webinar will provide an insight into:
- Why quarries require fill and ongoing legal commitments.
- The importance of soils and fill for quarries and how it is used/ reused.
- The impacts of the introduction of another legal requirement designed to drive higher recycling / circularity on existing consented and/or authorised (bylaw license) activity.
- The confusion and conflict created by the “mix” of legislative requirements imposed on fill operators and the construction industry.
- Issue created by the positions councils take on fill and fill sites.
Speakers
Wayne Scott is the Chief Executive Officer for both the Aggregates and Quarrying Association of New Zealand, and MinEx, the extractives Health and Safety Council. He has held these roles for the past 7 years.
Returning to New Zealand in 2017, Wayne has over 30 years' experience in the Quarrying Industry, principally in Australia, both in NSW and Queensland. He has an advanced Diploma in Extractive Industries, several Safety and Training qualifications, and is a Certified Practicing Quarry Manager in Australia.
Wayne is a Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying NZ, a past Director of the Institute of Quarrying Australia, and was that organisation's National President in 2012 and 2013.
Don Chittock has worked in environmental management for 20 years, 13 years of that was at Environment Canterbury with involvement in operational, policy and strategy roles that included waste (including disaster waste and recovery). For the last 7 plus years Don has been involved with Fulton Hogan 45 quarries and hardfill/ cleanfill sites in a national regulatory compliance, aggregate resource planning and sustainability role.
Don chairs the Aggregate and Quarry Association Planning/ Regulatory Committee and has been a Waste Advisory Board member since 2019. Over the last 2 years Don’s role has included the registration and implementation of the waste levy requirements to over 20 existing fill sites and transfer stations operated by Fulton Hogan in New Zealand. This exercise has given first hand understanding of the interaction of the regulatory requirements of the Resource Management Act and the Waste Minimisation Act frameworks for consented hardfill/ cleanfill sites and Transfer stations and Class 3, 4 and 5 fills and recovery/ diversion.