Efficiently collect bulk and packaged liquid and hazardous waste with our fleet team, transporting it to fully consented treatment plants across New Zealand.
Wood recycling focuses on recovering wooden offcuts and pallets, turning them into valuable compost and landscaping materials. WM New Zealand provides the rig...
Where substances are not able to be recycled or disposed of in New Zealand they are known as Intractable. These intractable products include Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), some pesticides, halogenated solvents, and Poly- & Per- Fluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) firefighting foams. The substances are packed and shipped to our disposal partners in Australia and Europe. These facilities undertake the high temperature incineration of these products. WM Technical Services is the industry expert in hazardous waste export which is governed closely by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and Basel & Stockholm Conventions.
The group of silicate mineral fibres known as asbestos was used extensively for construction purposes in New Zealand. Raw asbestos wasn't banned until 1999 and asbestos-containing materials weren't banned in NZ until the end of 2016. WM Technical Services can safely accept wetted and double-wrapped ACM in 250-micron plastic and facilitate the special burial required to control this risk.
