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;

[S 562/2008 wef 01/11/2008]

“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; [S 562/2008 wef 01/11/2008]
(f)	toxic industrial waste that has been treated and rendered harmless and safe for disposal; and [S 562/2008 wef 01/11/2008]
(g)	recyclable waste; [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016]

“incinerable waste” means any general waste that is suitable to be destroyed, rendered inert or reduced to ash through a process of controlled, high temperature combustion without causing damage to, or disrupting the operation of, the refuse incineration plant in which the process is carried out, but does not include recyclable waste and waste specified in the Third Schedule;

[S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016]

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

“non-incinerable waste” means —

(a)	any recyclable waste;
(b)	any waste specified in the Third Schedule; or
(c)	any general waste that is not incinerable waste; [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016]

“recyclable waste” means any general waste that is capable of being recycled, and includes —

(a)	any recyclable; and
(b)	any refuse or waste specified in the Fourth Schedule; [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016]

“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.

[S 562/2008 wef 01/11/2008]

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