PS-OIA005
OIAM-455
18 March 2024
Eve Hyslop
[FYI request #25569 email]
Dear Eve Hyslop
Thank you for your email of 30 January 2024 requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I request to know how much plastic waste is produced annually by the agriculture
sector (in tonnes) for the year 2023 or 2022. I request that this be categorized into
items such as containers, bale net, bale wrap etcetera and how much waste (in
tonnes) they contribute annually to the total amount.
The information you request is not collected by any government agency or reported on by the
agricultural sector. Accordingly, I must refuse your request under section 18(d) of the Act as
the information requested is not held and it is not considered likely to be held by another official
or agency.
Agrecovery has conducted a Farm Plastics Project which seeks to develop a product
stewardship scheme for the collection and treatment of farm plastics. You may be interested
in the information they have available on their website which can be found at the below links:
Agrecovery | Priority Products Projects | 2020
Farm-Plastics-Materials-Flow-Analysis-web.pdf (agrecovery.co.nz)
Farm Plastics Consultation (agrecovery.co.nz)
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Office of the Ombudsman of my
decision to withhold information relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3) of
the
Act.
The
relevant
details
can
be
found
on
their
website
at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Please contact my office if you have any queries about this response.
Yours sincerely
Hon. Penny SIMMONDS
Minister for the Environment