The Waste Regulations, 2000

PART I: PRELIMINARY | PART II: GENERAL PROVISIONS | PART III: ADMINISTRATION | PART IV: STORAGE, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE IN URBAN AREAS | PART V: STORAGE, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE IN WASTE CONTROL AREAS | PART VI: CARRIAGE OF WASTE | PART VII: WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES | PART VIII: WASTE MANAGEMENT LICENCES | PART IX: SPECIAL WASTE | PART X: RECOVERY OF WASTE | PART XI: LITTERING AND ABANDONED VEHICLES | PART XII: WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS | PART XIII: ENFORCEMENT | PART XIV: FINAL PROVISIONS | SCHEDULE ONE | SCHEDULE TWO | SCHEDULE THREE | SCHEDULE FOUR

PART XI: LITTERING AND ABANDONED VEHICLES

Littering

28. (1) No person shall dispose of waste in such a manner that it becomes litter or is likely to become litter.

(2) The driver and the owner of a vehicle from which litter is discarded in contravention of sub-regulation (1) shall be strictly, and jointly and severally, liable for the offence.

(3) Every person shall take all reasonable measures to prevent any contravention by any other person of sub-regulation (1).

(4) Any person who contravenes sub-regulation (1), (2) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand Emalangeni and on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand Emalangeni and, in the case of a natural person, to imprisonment to a term not exceeding two years, or to both imprisonment and a fine.

Receptacles in public places and buses

29. (1) Every local authority shall cause litter receptacles to be placed in public places within its area of jurisdiction where littering is likely to occur, including parks, public markets, commercial shopping areas, bus and train stations, and shall cause such receptacles to be emptied before they reach full capacity and in any case at least once per week.

(2) The owner of any commercially operated bus, minibus or taxi shall ensure that it is equipped with litter receptacles and that notices are displayed in conspicuous places in the vehicle informing all passengers that littering is an offence under the laws of Swaziland.

(3) Any person who contravenes sub-regulation (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand Emalangeni and on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand Emalangeni.

Abandoned Vehicles

30. (1) A person shall not place, throw, discard or abandon any vehicle or vehicle scrap upon any street, public place or unoccupied land.

(2) If a vehicle or vehicle scrap has been abandoned on any street, public place or unoccupied land in an urban area and has not been moved in at least thirty days, the local authority shall make reasonable efforts to identify the owner of the vehicle or vehicle scrap.

(3) If the owner is identified the local authority shall give a written notice to the owner requiring the owner to remove the vehicle or vehicle scrap within 10 days. (4) If the owner cannot be identified or does not comply with a notice given under sub-regulation (3), the local authority may remove the vehicle or vehicle scrap and may serve an order on the owner requiring the owner to reimburse the local authority for the costs of removing the vehicle or vehicle scrap.

(5) If the owner fails to pay the costs specified in the notice the local authority may recover these costs as a liquidated debt by way of summary judgement proceedings.

(6) Any person who contravenes sub-regulation (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand Emalangeni and on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand Emalangeni.