Litter in New Zealand (English Wikipedia)

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doi.org

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earthday.org

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environment.govt.nz

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forestandbird.org.nz

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health.govt.nz

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jstor.org

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knzb.org.nz

"Overview". National Litter Audit (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. 2019. p. 17. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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Sunshine Yates Consulting (2018). "Methodology". Litter Behaviour Study Executive Summary. Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. p. 11. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
Sunshine Yates Consulting (2018). "Executive Summary". Litter Behaviour Study Executive Summary (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. p. 6. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
Sunshine Yates Consulting (2018). "Methodology". Litter Behaviour Study Executive Summary (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. p. 8. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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Sunshine Yates Consulting (2018). "Methodology- 2.3 New Zealand Fieldwork". Litter Behaviour Study Executive Summary (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. p. 10. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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Sunshine Yates Consulting (2018). "Methodology- 2.2 Disposal Behaviour Index". Litter Behaviour Study Executive Summary (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. p. 9. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
Sunshine Yates Consulting (2018). "Results- 3.4 Litter rate". Litter Behaviour Study Executive Summary (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. p. 16. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
Sunshine Yates Consulting (2018). "Results- 3.9 Attitudes and disposal behaviour". Litter Behaviour Study Executive Summary (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. p. 25. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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Sunshine Yates Consulting (2018). "Results- 3.13 Demographics". Litter Behaviour Study Executive Summary (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. p. 31. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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"National Litter Audit 2019". Keep New Zealand Beautiful. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
"Background and Content". The National Litter Audit (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. 2019. pp. 23–29. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Comparisons by site types". The National Litter Audit (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. 2019. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Main material Characteristics". National Litter Audit (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. 2019. p. 32. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
"The Dirty Dozen". National Litter Audit (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. 2019. p. 37. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
"The Dirty Dozen". National Litter Audit (PDF). Keep New Zealand Beautiful. 2019. p. 39. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
"The Dirty Dozen". National litter Audit (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. 2019. p. 41. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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legislation.govt.nz

"Litter Act 1979 No 41 (as at 28 October 2021), Public Act 2 Interpretation" (PDF). www.legislation.govt.nz. Parliamentary Counsel Office, New Zealand Government. 2 November 1979. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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"Litter Control Officers". New Zealand Legislation. Parliamentary Counsel Office, New Zealand Government. 2 November 1979. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
"Other Litter Control Officers". New Zealand Legislation. Parliamentary Counsel Office, New Zealand Government. 2 November 1979. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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"Public authorities may make bylaws". New Zealand Legislation. Parliamentary Counsel Office, New Zealand Government. 2 November 1979. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
"Litter Amendment Act 2006". New Zealand Legislation. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Litter Act 1979 No 41 (as at 28 October 2021), Public Act 15 Deposit of litter in public place or on private land". www.legislation.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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litter.org.nz

Yates, Sunshine (2018). "3.12 Self-awareness and frankness about littering". National Litter Behaviour Research (PDF). Auckland: Keep New Zealand Beautiful. pp. 29–30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Venugopal, P. Dilip; Hanna, Shannon K.; Gagliano, Gregory G.; Chang, Hoshing W. (January 2021). "No Butts on the Beach: Aquatic Toxicity of Cigarette Butt Leachate Chemicals". Tobacco Regulatory Science Group. 7 (1): 17–30. doi:10.18001/TRS.7.1.2. PMC 7849351. PMID 33532516.

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