ANTARCTIC TREATY (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) (WASTE MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 1994

Table of Provisions

• 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
• 2 Objects of the Regulations
3. Interpretation
• 4 Planning and conduct of waste minimisation and management
• 5 How must waste be stored
• 6 Waste that must be removed
• 7 Solid, non-combustible waste
• 8 Liquid waste
• 9 Waste that must be removed unless sterilised or incinerated
• 10 Destination of waste removed
• 11 Waste generated at a field camp
• 12 When and how must waste be incinerated
• 13 Prohibition on open burning of waste
• 14 Prohibition on disposal of waste in ice-free areas or fresh water
• 15 Conditional prohibition on disposal of waste on ice
• 16 When may waste be disposed of on ice
• 17 When sewage or domestic waste may be disposed of into sea
• 18 Disposal of by-product of sewage treatment
• 19 Cleaning up waste disposal sites and abandoned work sites
• 20 Non-compliance with Part 2 in certain circumstances
• 21 Notification of non-compliance with Part 2