Resource use and waste generation in Aotearoa New Zealand: A literature review

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has begun an investigation into the pressures that economic production and consumption in Aotearoa New Zealand place on the environment. This work will aim to answer two questions:

• How much resource extraction and waste generation is associated with economic activity in New Zealand today?

• How much might that resource and waste footprint increase over the coming decades in response to population, economic and other drivers?

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