Licensing for waste collectors

Any organisation that collects, transports or disposes of: 

• waste in excess of 10 tonnes per annum (excluding hazardous waste)
• any hazardous waste
• diverted materials, such as recyclables and green waste, in excess of 10 tonnes per annum.

Any organisation that operates a disposal facility, resource recovery facility, landfill site, clean fill site, managed fill site or mono-fill site. 

Licences can be granted for up to five years, but are reviewed annually. 

A solid waste licence is not required when the land is used for the disposal of the clean fill material sourced directly from that land or the fill consists solely of: 

• hardfill that is natural or uncontaminated or cover material, or both; or 
• not more than 30m³, or such greater amount as the Council may approve, of other hardfill materials measured over any continuous 12 month period. 

We encourage the use of containers that: 

• have appropriate identification on the containers (such as the name of the waste company, and property address to which it is allocated)

• follow national guidelines relating to the appropriate colour of containers or at least container lids. See the WasteMINZ website for more information.