The WM New Zealand team is proud to launch our second Sustainability Report.
A pair of rare weweia have rejoined the team at Redvale to explore their ponds during Alert Level 4.
Our EV programme, which commenced in 2016, is part of our effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning from diesel to zero emission battery electric trucks. We currently have 27 fully electric trucks operating on the road and a number in build.
The Sustainable Building & Construction Solution
A solution for waste & recycling and education
A key objective of this service is to maximise material recovery and reuse.
New Zealanders throw away over 4.2 million tyres every year.
Some of you may know that Redvale Landfill & Energy Park provides landfill gas and hot water to a neighbouring greenhouse complex.
It’s a 24/7 fully automated operation, averaging around 200 vehicles a day and processing 320 tonnes of waste.
In the next of our series profiling the wonderful women who work at Waste Management, Operations Supervisor Tracey Rossle talks about her role at the Papakura Transfer Station.
Danyon Thomas, who joined the company as a graduate in 2018, shares some thoughts about his time at Waste Management so far.
All appeals against the resource consent decision have now been lodged with the Environment Court.
This key performance area reflects the essential and enduring nature of the services we provide and the importance of these to our customers and the community.
We expected our people to be identified as one of the programmes through our materiality assessment, reflecting the importance of our people in making Waste Management a sustainable company into the future.
Managing waste and environmental services is an issue of increasing importance to our customers.
We operate in nearly every community across New Zealand, providing services and managing waste and environmental services facilities.
As an organisation, our purpose is to safeguard our beautiful environment through the sustainable management of our resources.
The WM New Zealand team in Blenheim assisted the Marlborough District Council with the clean-up at one of the worst-hit areas in the Marlborough sounds.
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.
Our Wellington team has kicked off the new Hutt City Council kerbside waste and recycling contract, which will see Waste Management managing the region’s waste until 2029.