Trade Waste Bylaw 2015

The purpose of this bylaw is to control and monitor trade waste discharges into public sewers in order to:

1. protect public health and the environment;
2. promote cleaner production;
3. protect the sewerage system infrastructure;
4. protect sewerage system workers;
5. protect the stormwater system;
6. ensure compliance with consent conditions;
7. provide a basis for monitoring discharges from industry and trade premises;
8. provide a basis for charging trade waste users of the sewerage system to cover the
9. cost of conveying, treating and disposing of or reusing their wastes;
10. ensure that the costs of treatment and disposal are shared fairly between trade
11. waste and domestic dischargers;
12. encourage waste minimisation; and
13. encourage water conservation.

This bylaw provides for the:

1. acceptance of long-term, intermittent, or temporary discharge of trade waste to the sewerage system;
2. establishment of three grades of trade waste: permitted, conditional and prohibited;
3. evaluation of individual trade waste discharges to be against specified criteria;
4. correct storage of materials in order to protect the sewerage and stormwater systems from spillage;
5. correct disposal of tankered waste to protect the sewerage system;
6. installation of flow meters, samplers or other devices to measure flow and quality of the trade waste discharge;
7. pre-treatment of waste before it is accepted for discharge to the sewerage system;
8. sampling and monitoring of trade waste discharges to ensure compliance with this bylaw;
9. Council to accept or refuse a trade waste discharge;
10. charges to be set to cover the cost of conveying, treating and disposing of, or
11. reusing, trade waste and the associated costs of administration and monitoring; administrative mechanisms for the operation of the bylaw; and
12. establishment of waste minimisation and management programmes (including sludges) for trade waste producers.

Part 1 - Preliminary Provisions

• Compliance with other Acts
• Application of the Bylaw
• Definitions and abbreviations

Part 2 - Trade Waste discharges and consents

• Control of discharges
• Storage, transport, handling and use of hazardous materials
• Classification of trade waste discharges
• Registration of all occupiers
• Application for a Trade Waste Consent
• Information and analysis
• Consideration criteria
• Decision on an application
• Conditions of consent
• Duration of permitted discharges
• Duration of conditional consents
• Tankered waste discharges
• Trade waste agreements
• Technical review and variation
• Suspension or cancellation of the right to discharge

Part 3 - Requirements to meet certain conditions of consent 

• Pre-Treatment
• Dental facilities
• Mass limits

Part 4 - Sampling, analysis and monitoring

• Flow metering
• Estimating discharge
• Sampling and analysis
• Monitoring
• Disinfected / Super chlorinated water

Part 5 - Bylaw administration

• Review of decisions
• Accidents and non-compliance
• Charges and payments
• Authorised officers
• Transfer or termination of rights and responsibilities
• Service of documents
• Offences
• Transitional provisions
• Powers of the Chief Executive
• Revocation
• Christchurch City Council General Bylaw
• Schedule 1A Permitted discharge characteristics
• Schedule 1B Prohibited characteristics

The following bylaw is revoked by this Bylaw:

Christchurch City Council Trade Waste Bylaw 2006.