Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95, Section 113)

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.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“code of practice” means the code of practice issued by the Director-General and applicable to every general waste collector;

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“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;

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(f)

toxic industrial waste that has been treated and rendered harmless and safe for disposal; and

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(g)

recyclables that have been deposited in any receptacle —

(i)	referred to in section 10(1)(c) of the Act; or
(ii)	provided in any residential property for the purpose of recycling; [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;

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“residential property” means —

(a)	any house, building or other premises or any part thereof which is permitted to be used under the Planning Act (Cap. 232) or any written law as a dwelling-house or which is lawfully so used; or
(b)	any land zoned in the Master Plan for solely residential purposes or for mixed purposes, one of which shall be residential. [S 562/2008 wef 01/11/2008]

(2) The refuse, waste or material specified in the First Schedule are prescribed for the purpose of the definition of “recyclable” in section 2 of the Act.

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