Waste Management Act, 1996
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PART III Measures to Reduce Production, and Promote Recovery, of Waste | ||
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Interpretation ( Part III ). |
27.—(1) In this Part— | |
“deposit and refund scheme” means, in relation to any product, substance, component or packaging, a scheme whereby the producer, distributor or retailer, as the case may be, who operates the scheme requires a purchaser of a product or substance to pay to him or her a refundable deposit in relation to the product or substance or any component thereof or packaging therefor, that is to say a deposit of money the amount of which will be repaid by the producer, distributor or retailer, as the case may be, to the purchaser if the purchaser returns to him or her the product, substance, component or packaging, as the case may be; | ||
“distributor” means a person who sells or supplies a product or substance by wholesale and “distribute” shall be construed accordingly; | ||
“environmental audit” has the same meaning as it has in section 74 of the Act of 1992; | ||
“environmental management system” means a system for managing the carrying on of an activity with regard to its effects on the environment; | ||
“life cycle assessment” means, in relation to a product, an assessment of the effects on the environment of the manufacture, distribution, marketing and use of the product and the recovery or, as appropriate, disposal thereof (including the use of energy and raw materials in, and the production of waste from, any of the said activities); | ||
“producer” includes such person as the Minister may specify by regulations to be a producer for the purposes of this Part (and such specification may include the importer or vendor of the product concerned); | ||
“producer responsibility obligation” means a requirement to take steps for the purpose of the prevention, minimisation, limitation or recovery of waste as respects the class or classes of product to which the requirement relates and may include a requirement to achieve specified targets in relation to those matters; | ||
“waste audit” means an evaluation of the manner in which an activity is carried on with a view to identifying opportunities for— | ||
(a) preventing or minimising the production of waste from the activity or the harmfulness of any waste produced from the activity, and | ||
(b) facilitating the recovery of any waste so produced. | ||
(2) A reference in this Part to the implementation and operation of a waste reduction programme shall be construed as a reference to the taking of steps in a systematic manner for the purpose of— | ||
(a) reducing the production of waste from the activity concerned or the harmfulness of any waste produced from the activity, and | ||
(b) recovering any waste so produced, | ||
having regard to the results of a waste audit conducted in relation to the activity. |