[17] Not defined. Not defined [17] waste’ is defined in the 1994 Management: [17] ‘Controlled Act: Environmental (a) discarded, rejected, municipal, Management unwanted, surplus or controlled waste means – commercial & and Pollution abandoned matter, whether (a) a substance that is controlled within the industrial, Tasmania Control Act 1994 of any value or not; or meaning of construction and [18] (b) discarded, rejected, (i) the National Environment Protection demolition wastes. Environmental unwanted, surplus or Measure entitled the Movement of Controlled Hazardous waste Management abandoned matter, whether Waste Between States and Territories made (tracking) classification. and Pollution of any value or not, by the National Environment Protection Classification for Control intended– Council on 26 June 1998, as amended from voluntary waste levy? Amendment (i) for recycling, time to time; or Reporting by regulated (Environment reprocessing, recovery, (ii) any National Environment Protection waste depots. Protection reuse or purification by a Measure substituted for the Measure Authority) Act separate operation from referred to in paragraph (a), as amended 2007 that which produced the from time to time; and [19] matter; or (b) a substance that is prescribed by the Environmental (ii) for sale. regulations to be controlled waste; Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2000 [20] Not defined. Not defined [21] waste containing significant quantities Management: [20] Waste ‘any of a substance which may present a danger to Management (a) a solid, a liquid or a gas; domestic garbage, the life or health of living organisms when and Pollution or hazardous waste, released into the environment. These wastes Control Act 2009 (b) a mixture of such clinical waste, Territory may both include medical and radioactive [21] Guidelines substances, that is or are left putrescible wastes.’ for the Siting, over, surplus or an unwanted Hazardous waste Design and by-product from any activity (tracking) classification Management of (whether or not the Northern Annual Audit and Waste substance is of and Compliance Report for Disposal Sites in includes a prescribed Licensed Waste Facilities the Northern substance or class of Territory 2003 substances.
Tasmania [17] (a) discarded, rejected, unwanted, surplus or abandoned matter, whether of any value or not; or (b) discarded, rejected, unwanted, surplus or abandoned matter, whether of any value or not, intended– (i) for recycling, reprocessing, recovery, reuse or purification by a separate operation from that which produced the matter; or (ii) for sale. Not defined. Not defined [17] ‘Controlled waste’ is defined in the 1994 Act: controlled waste means – (a) a substance that is controlled within the meaning of (i) the National Environment Protection Measure entitled the Movement of Controlled Waste Between States and Territories made by the National Environment Protection Council on 26 June 1998, as amended from time to time; or (ii) any National Environment Protection Measure substituted for the Measure referred to in paragraph (a), as amended from time to time; and (b) a substance that is prescribed by the regulations to be controlled waste; Management: municipal, commercial & industrial, construction and demolition wastes. Hazardous waste (tracking) classification. Classification for voluntary waste levy? Reporting by regulated waste depots. [17] Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 [18] Environmental Management and Pollution Control Amendment (Environment Protection Authority) Act 2007 [19] Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2000 Northern Territory [20] (a) a solid, a liquid or a gas; or (b) a mixture of such substances, that is or are left over, surplus or an unwanted by-product from any activity (whether or not the substance is of and includes a prescribed substance or class of substances. Not defined. Not defined [21] ‘any waste containing significant quantities of a substance which may present a danger to the life or health of living organisms when released into the environment. These wastes may both include medical and radioactive wastes.’ Management: domestic garbage, hazardous waste, clinical waste, putrescible Hazardous waste (tracking) classification Annual Audit and Compliance Report for Licensed Waste Facilities [20] Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 2009 [21] Guidelines for the Siting, Design and Management of Waste Disposal Sites in the Northern Territory 2003
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