Solid Waste

Pressure

• Total quantity of waste disposed to landfill from residential and business sources.
• Composition of waste disposed at landfills.
• Total quantity of hazardous waste disposed to landfill and sewer
• Number of incidences and spills involving hazardous waste

State

• Compliance of disposal facilities with resource consent conditions.
• Groundwater quality upstream and downstream of landfill.
• Area of land designated for landfills.
• Number of potentially contaminated sites.

Response

• Number of landfills fully consented
• Quantity of waste recycled, composted or re-used as proportion of total waste generated
• Participation rates for municipal recycling
• Quantity of hazardous waste safely disposed

Natural Environment

Pressure

• Area of indigenous vegetation removed per annum
• Abundance and distribution of plant and animal pests
• Isolation and fragmentation of indigenous ecosystems
• Annual change in the surface elevation of Kopuatai Peat Dome.
• Number of resource consents applied for/granted for excavation or other activity within the Kaitiaki conservation zone

State

• Area of exotic forestry within the Kaitiaki zone
• Area and distribution of indigenous vegetation
• Health and condition of natural areas assessed by health/condition classification
• Community attitude/awareness of natural areas
• Area of peat soil
• Area of the Kopuatai Peat Dome
• Change in landscape types identified by the landscape study
• Population numbers of indigenous species

Response

• Area of significant trees or indigenous vegetation fenced to prevent grazing
• Area and % of natural areas (by type) legally protected through consent conditions or other methods
• Number of members of community participating in land care groups
• Location, area and type of pest control operation
• Area and % of natural areas ecologically surveyed