We are committed to carbon neutrality by 2050, with science-aligned targets and a carbon reduction programme, overseen by our Carbon Reduction Committee. We report emissions from operations and landfills.
Our governance is underpinned by a highly experienced Board and a dynamic Executive Leadership Team.
While our brand was created in 1985, our history can be traced back to Auckland in 1894.
Waste Management has mixed views on various aspects of the Government’s announcement in relation to proposed changes to the Waste Disposal Levy in mid-July.
The Waste Minimisation Act 2008 was introduced to encourage waste minimisation in New Zealand. To help achieve this, under the Act on 1 July 2009, a disposal levy was imposed on waste sent to landfill.
Last week the Wellington District Court issued a not guilty verdict to a charge of recklessness against Waste Management following the tragic and avoidable death of one of our team, James Gideon, at Technical Services in Wellington in August 2017.
Danyon Thomas, who joined the company as a graduate in 2018, shares some thoughts about his time at Waste Management so far.
This week, Waste Management was sentenced in relation to a tragic and regrettable incident at Kerepehi in 2017 that seriously injured a contractor when his arm became trapped in a conveyor belt at the tyre shredding facility.