New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WASTE RECYCLING AND PROCESSING CORPORATION ACT 2001 - SECT 6

6 Functions of Corporation

(1) The Corporation has the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act or law.

(2) The principal functions of the Corporation are:

(a) to establish, maintain and operate waste facilities, secondary resource facilities and related facilities, and

(b) to conduct businesses or provide services relating to waste, and secondary resource recovery, and

(c) to provide waste management services, secondary resource management services and related services, and

(d) to research, develop and implement alternative technologies for managing waste, and

(e) to trade in waste and secondary resources.

(3) The Corporation may also:

(a) provide any facilities or services that are ancillary or incidental to its principal functions, and

(b) conduct any business or provide any service (whether or not related to its principal functions) that it considers will further its objectives.

(4) In exercising its functions, the Corporation must strive to achieve international best practice in waste management.

(5) In exercising its functions, the Corporation must act in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.