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 2026 to 30 June 2027.

Administrative charges (fixed)

Fee type	Cost	Description
Compliance monitoring: conditional consents	$280 per sampling and analysis	Fee to recover cost of inspecting and monitoring trade premises
Compliance monitoring: grease trap sampling fee	$145 per inspection	Fee to recover cost of inspecting and sampling grease traps
Trade waste application fee	$1,890	Fee to recover cost of processing new or renewal applications
Consent processing fee	$235 per hour	Fee to recover cost of processing extraordinary applications
Reinspection fee	$235 per inspection	Fee to recover cost of reinspecting individual trade premises
Trade waste charge: permitted consents for grease traps, oil interceptors and amalgam traps	$145 per year	Charge to recover administration and monitoring costs of grease traps, oil interceptors and other treatment devices, and amalgam traps at dental surgeries
All other premises (conditional) plus trade waste charges	$1,570 per year	Charge to recover administration and monitoring costs of trade waste consents
Discharge administration fee	$725 per year	Charge to recover administration and monitoring costs of permitted customers with discharges exceeding 5m³ a day

Fee type	Cost	Description
Volume charge ($ per m3)	$0.89/m³	Charge to recover sewerage collection costs
Suspended solids charge (SS) ($ per kg)	$1.31/kg SS	Charge to recover suspended solids treatment costs
Organic loading charge (BOD) ($ per kg)	$0.92/kg BOD	Charge to recover organic loading treatment costs
Phosphorous charge (DRP) ($ per kg)	$63.16/kg DRP	Charge to recover phosphorous removal costs

Charge to recover administration, receiving and treatment costs of tankered waste: $50 per 1,000 litres