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Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95)

Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations

Rg 12

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

[1st July 1989]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“general waste” means —

(a)	refuse or industrial waste, excluding any toxic industrial waste specified in the Schedule to the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations; [Rg 11.]
(b)	waste from grease interceptors;
(c)	waste from sewerage systems, including waste from sewage treatment plants, septic tanks and water-seal latrines; and
(d)	waste from sanitary conveniences not part of a sewerage system, including waste from sanitary conveniences which are mobile or in ships or aircraft . [S 537/99 wef 08/12/1999] [Subst.by S 105 wef 1/4/95]

“general waste collector” means any person or company licensed under these Regulations to collect and transport general waste to a disposal facility;

“incinerable waste” means any general waste that is suitable to be disposed of by incineration;

“non-incinerable waste” means any general waste that is not suitable to be disposed of by incineration.