Waste in New Zealand

Waste in New Zealand

Marc Benscher recently discusses the nuances of the waste market with Evan Maehl, Managing Director of Waste Management New Zealand

Marc Benscher, Director at Igneo, recently sat down with Evan Maehl, Managing Director of Waste Management New Zealand, to discuss the nuances of the waste market in New Zealand and what the countries very specific geography and population dispersion means for waste solutions.

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Company information

Waste Management New Zealand
- Water and Waste
New Zealand
Waste Management New Zealand

Waste Management New Zealand is New Zealand’s largest resource recovery and waste management services provider with vertically integrated operations across the country. The company is the leading market player in both collections and post-collections segments in New Zealand, with an overall market share of 36%.

The Company operates with over 800 trucks across 70 locations in New Zealand, servicing approximately 130,000 private and commercial collections customers and 50 municipal council contracts and collecting over 2.1 million municipal bins per month. The post-collections segment comprises a strategic nationwide network of 50 owned and/ or operated landfills, material recovery, transfer stations and technical facilities; handling over 1 million tonnes of waste and recycling over 200,000 tonnes. It also owns and operates five of New Zealand’s largest Class 1 landfills and operates two others.
- Location: New Zealand
- Sector: Water and Waste
- Risk Classification: Contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Sep 2022
- Governance: Sole
- Website: www.wastemanagement.co.nz/

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