Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

L.N. 35 of 2023

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of

the Environment Protection Act, the Minister responsible for the

environment, after consultation with the Environment and Resources

Authority, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Waste Citation and

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and these regulations shall be read commencement.

and construed as one with the Waste Regulations, hereinafter referred S.L. 549.63.

to as "the principal regulations".

(2) These regulations shall come into force within two (2)

months from their publication in the Gazette.

Immediately after regulation 12 of the principal regulations Adds a new

there shall be added the following new regulation

" Separation of

(1) It shall be the duty of every person to

separate

the following recyclable waste streams at source

prior to their separate collection

(a) paper;

(b) metal;

(c) plastic;

(d) glass;

(e) bio-waste; and

(f) any other waste stream as determined by

the Minister

Provided that co-mingled collection of certain

streams may be allowed only if carried out in conformity

with the provisions of Schedule 3 to the Abandonment,

Dumping and Disposal of Waste in Streets and Public

Places or Areas Regulations

Provided further that with respect to waste

generated in public places, this obligation applies only

where bins for the separate collection are available.

(2) The enforcement of sub-regulation (1) shall be

carried out in a phased approach as shall be prescribed by

the Minister by means of a Government notice in the

Gazette and in conformity with regulation 10(4A) of the

Abandonment, Dumping and Disposal of Waste in Streets

and Public Places or Areas Regulations.".

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