The document will contain the next six years of waste management strategies such as recycling systems, landfill and organic waste.
Solid waste working party chairman and deputy mayor Lyal Cocks said proposals from the public would be carefully considered.
"Waste minimisation has a cost and we need to think about being even smarter in terms of reducing the impact of waste on our environment," Mr Cocks said.
He and Crs Trevor Tattersfield and Mel Gazzard would review the system and bylaw for waste collection next week he said.
The proposed plan would build on the innovations of the 2003 waste management strategy, which introduced initiatives such as kerbside recycling.
The council set up a community working party last year to review the existing strategy.
It found the Lakes district now achieved a 29% diversion of waste from landfill, compared with 10% in 2006.
The new plan would identify issues including the reduction of construction and demolition waste going to landfill, improvement in the town centre appearance through better refuse and recycling systems, and organic waste management.
Mr Cocks said he would like to see several issues of the Lakes district's waste management system reviewed.
He listed diverting more from landfill waste, reviews on the cost of collection, waste from Wanaka and the "visual impact" of waste collection in the centre of town.
Mr Cocks encouraged everyone in the community to take a look at the draft plan because it would affect how individuals dealt with their waste.
"It might be your view that the plan does not go far enough, others might feel it's too prescriptive - for example the proposed licensing and registration of private clean fill sites.
"Either way, you need to have a say," he said.
Those wishing to submit ideas can do so online or by mail before September 23. Hearings will be held on October 30.
This month also sees the beginning of a one-month electronic waste trial in Queenstown and Wanaka.
The six-month "e-cycle" trial aims to divert electronic waste from landfill by introducing a user-pays recycling drop-off service at transfer sites in Queenstown and Wanaka.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure and services committee has approved the six-month trial.
The service is expected to run at no extra cost to the council.
- olivia.caldwell@alliedpress.co.nz
