The main objects of this Act are: to establish a waste management hierarchy of avoidance, reuse, recycling and reprocessing, and disposal; to ensure that government, industry and community representatives are involved in the development of ACT-wide waste policy; to minimise the consumption of natural resources and the final disposal of waste by encouraging the avoidance of waste and the reuse and recycling of waste; to ensure that industry shares with the community the responsibility for minimising and managing waste; to promote and ensure the efficient resourcing of waste service planning and delivery; to achieve integrated waste planning and services; to promote and ensure environmentally responsible transporting, reprocessing and handling of waste.
Australia · 2001-06-21