Our Technical Service division are the experts in handling hazardous substances including packaged chemical wastes. These packages may range from small jars all the way up to 200L drums or 1,000L intermediate bulk containers (IBCs). You can be confident in WM Technical Services to handle your chemical wastes. Our professional chemist team always ensure that flammables, oxidising substances, organic peroxides, toxics, corrosives and ecotoxics are treated in a safe and compliant way.
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.
WM Technical Services runs one of New Zealand’s most comprehensive certified vacuum tanker fleets. Our trucks are fully compliant with the applicable Worksafe Approved Codes of Practice for road tank wagons which gives you the peace of mind that your bulk hazardous waste is handled under best practice guidelines.
New Zealand’s stormwater network is protected from debris ending up on roads via well designed drains and with cesspits. Periodically these cesspits need to be sucked out by a vacuum tanker. WM Technical Services provides a convenient location for these tankers to discharge their waste for safe and efficient dewatering and disposal.
We cultivate and control plants and animals in many ways for ecology and the economy. Part if this work involves chemicals that encourage growth or tackle unwanted pests. Agrichemicals can pose a variety of risks and WM Technical Services are the experts on handling and safely disposing of these chemicals to preserve the environment of New Zealand.
The pathogenic risk of some biohazardous waste is heightened where the items pose a cut or puncture hazard. This is the case with used hypodermic needles, scalpels, and scissors. WM Technical Services provides a wide variety of United Nations approved rigid container options including the preeminent Daniels Sharpsmart technology.
Sometimes hazardous substances find there way into or onto soil. Our Technical Services division are the experts in treatment of soils contaminated with substances such as hydrocarbon or heavy metals to enable disposal in a safe and compliant manner.
New Zealand roads can unfortunately be the recipient of all sorts of debris and build up over time. WM Technical Services provides an easy and convenient location for roadsweeping trucks to discharge their contents and get back on the road.
WM New Zealand ensures clutter-free work environments, providing integrated recycling and waste solutions to enhance the efficiency of office or store operations.
Rely on us for tailored waste solutions, whether it's managing science experiments, cooking classes, or post-sports event clean-up in schools and tertiary institutions.
