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3.7.1 Application

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2011-11-22 16:15

A waste may be declared a priority waste by the Minister, or the Minister on behalf of the MEC, by notice in the Gazette50. The Minister must have reasonable grounds to believe that the waste poses a threat to health, well-being or the environment because of the quantity or composition of the waste. It must also be demonstrated that:

  1. specific waste management measures are required to address the threat, or
  2. that specific waste management measures may improve the reduction, re-use, recycling and recovery rates or reduce the health and environmental impacts of the waste.

 

  1. Section 14(1) of the Waste Act.