The Waste Regulations, 2000

INDEX | 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 XII: WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS

Solid Waste Management Plans

31. (1) Each local authority shall prepare and submit to the Authority for approval, a long-term plan for the management of waste that conforms to the requirements of the Authority including any national waste strategy published by the Authority.

(2) Every solid waste plan shall include the following components -

1. details of the quantity and composition of household, commercial, and industrial waste currently produced in the area;
2. projections of the quantity and composition of solid waste generation over the next 10 years;
3. a description of current methods of solid management including collection, transportation, recycling, intermediate processing and disposal;
4. details of the capacities and remaining life of existing disposal facilities; and
5. a timetable for upgrading current solid waste management facilities, and goals for the management of solid waste over the next 10 years.