ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 18 Principle of waste management hierarchy

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 18

Waste should be managed in accordance with the following order of preference, so far as reasonably practicable—

        (a)     avoidance;

        (b)     reuse;

        (c)     recycling;

        (d)     recovery of energy;

        (e)     containment;

        (f)     waste disposal.

New s. 19 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12− 30, 3/2020 ss 42– 44, 47/2020 s. 26).