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Programme explainer — draft

NZ REDCA — solar panels & home batteries at end of life

Once modules stop producing power safely or batteries swell, you are holding hazard-containing electrical equipment transitioning to regulated waste pathways— not benign scrap metal. Households routinely lack comparables → pricing opacity & improvised landfill tipping.

  • Credible operators publish segregation SOP + recycling route evidence.
  • Lithium segments require Dangerous Goods aware packaging whenever road transport thresholds trigger.
  • Insurers treating storm/fire claims increasingly ask traceability proofs.
Demand the dossier BEFORE you pay discretionary removal invoices.

Back · Legal map quick hits

  1. MfE WEEE recycling guidance — controls when dismantling releases hazards.
  2. Hazardous landfill guidelines — explosive / flammable / corrosive wastes (HSNO definitions) broadly unsuitable for undifferentiated tipping.
  3. HSW Hazardous Substances Regulations — PCBUs obligated by those regulations must retain hazardous‑substance–related disposal information for statutory periods (commonly framed around multi‑year horizons — confirm applicability and duration for your workplace).
  4. Waka Kotahi Dangerous Goods 2005 — Li-ion logistic constraints.
  5. Priority e-product stewardship — electrical/electronics declared stewardship priority — scheme evolution continues.

Not legal advice. Confirm duties with regulators & advisers. nzredca.org — programmable AI-assisted monitoring envisaged once operators enrol.