Text description of Figure 8

Waste management planning by territorial authorities.

Figure 8 is a bar chart with five bars. The bars represent the total quantity of waste (in tonnes) managed by Rotorua District Council in five financial years — from 2001/02 to 2005/06.

The total quantity of waste has increased from about 83,000 tonnes in 2001/02 to about 96,000 tonnes a year in 2005/06.