Environmental Public Health Act
(Chapter 95, Section 113)
Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations
Rg 12
G.N. No. S 116/1989

REVISED EDITION 2000
(31st January 2000)
[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 —
“code of practice” means the code of practice issued by the Commissioner and applicable to every general waste collector;
“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;
(d)waste from sanitary conveniences not part of a sewerage system, including waste from sanitary conveniences which are mobile or in ships or aircraft;
(e)dangerous substances that have been treated and rendered harmless and safe for disposal; and
(f)toxic industrial waste that has been treated and rendered harmless and safe for disposal.
[S 562/2008 wef 01/11/2008]
“incinerable waste” means any general waste that is suitable to be disposed of by incineration;
“licensee” means any person or company licensed under these Regulations to collect and transport general waste to a disposal facility;
“non-incinerable waste” means any general waste that is not suitable to be disposed of by incineration.