Environment Bay of Plenty's hazmobile is to be phased out. Declining returns and a manufacturer's chemical return scheme are putting the hazmobile out of business.

The last trips where the public can dispose of household hazardous waste and agrichemical waste could be next February and March.
From July, major agrichemical providers began collecting and disposing of unwanted agrichemicals as part of the Agrecovery Chemicals product stewardship scheme.
Environment Bay of Plenty pollution prevention manager Bruce Gardner says the amount of agrichemicals collected by the hazmobile over the past couple of years has continued to decline.
'Environment Bay of Plenty will encourage the use of the new product stewardship scheme as the first port of call for those with agrichemicals to hand in,” says Bruce.
Environment BOP will continue to dispose of persistent organic pollutants such as 245-T, Lindane, Dieldrin and DDT, which have been long banned. Other legacy agrichemicals, those chemicals which have expired for two years or more and are not covered in the product stewardship programme will only be disposed of by Environment BOP for another year.
The Ministry for the Environment will fund $100,000 nationwide for the 2009/10 financial year to pay for the disposal of legacy agrichemicals.