Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

WASTE MINIMISATION ACT 2001 - SECT 5

The main objects of this Act are as follows:

        (a)     to establish a waste management hierarchy of the following order:

              (i)     avoidance;

              (ii)     reuse;

              (iii)     recycling and reprocessing;

              (iv)     disposal;

        (b)     to ensure that government, industry and community representatives are involved in the development of ACT-wide waste policy;

        (c)     to minimise the consumption of natural resources and the final disposal of waste by encouraging the avoidance of waste and the reuse and recycling of waste;

        (d)     to ensure that industry shares with the community the responsibility for minimising and managing waste;

        (e)     to promote and ensure the efficient resourcing of waste service planning and delivery;

        (f)     to achieve integrated waste planning and services;

        (g)     to promote and ensure environmentally responsible transporting, reprocessing and handling of waste.