CANZ responds to MfE’s Waste Minimisation in New Zealand discussion paper.

21 May 2009

The Ministry for the Environment recently released the Waste Minimisation in New Zealand discussion paper for public consultation. The Computer Access New Zealand Trust (CANZ), organisers of eDay, responded with a submission on this paper. Key points of the submission outlined how e-waste, as the world’s fastest growing and highly toxic waste stream, must be identified as a priority product and regulations developed. CANZ’s view is that eDay can continue to play an important awareness-raising role in helping to address New Zealand’s e-waste problem, but it falls well short of a total solution - addressing less than 10% of the annual quantity of imported computer equipment.