Trade waste fees and charges

Here are the fees we charge for trade waste, including fixed and variable charges for conditional and consented trade waste discharges.

All fees and charges include GST. Effective 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Administrative charges (fixed)

Compliance monitoring: conditional consents

Fee to recover inspection and monitoring costs of trade premises: $237 per sampling and analysis

Compliance monitoring: grease trap sampling fee

Fee to recover inspection and sampling costs of grease traps: $120 per inspection

Trade waste application fee

Fee to recover cost of processing new or renewal applications: $1,600

Consent processing fee

Fee to recover cost of processing extraordinary applications: $195 per hour

Re-inspection fee

Fee to recover cost of re-inspection of individual trade premises: $195 per inspection

Permitted consents for grease traps, oil interceptors, amalgam traps

Charge to recover administration and monitoring cost of grease traps, oil interceptors and other treatment devices, and amalgam traps at dental surgeries: $120 per year

All other premises (conditional) plus trade waste charges

Charge to recover administration and monitoring cost of trade waste consents: $1,320 per year

Discharge administration fee

Charge to recover administration and monitoring costs of permitted customers with discharges exceeding 5m3 a day: $600 per annum

Trade waste charges

Volume charge

$ per m3

0.6039

Charge to recover sewerage collection costs
Suspended solids charge

$ per kg

0.6468 Charge to recover suspended solids treatment costs
Organic loading charge

$ per kg

0.6173 Charge to recover organic loading treatment costs
Phosphorous charge

$ per kg

33.7434 Charge to recover phosphorous removal costs

Tankered waste charge

Charge to recover administration, receiving and treatment costs of tankered waste: $45 per 1,000 litres