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Environmental Management (Control and Management of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste) Regulations, 2021.

Country/Territory
United Republic of Tanzania
Document type
Regulation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous waste Protection of environment Authorization/permit Internal trade International trade Packaging/labelling Polluter pays principle Pollution control Precautionary principle PIC-prior informed consent Procedural matters Processing/handling Public health Solid waste Sustainable development Transboundary movement of waste Transport/storage Waste disposal Waste management Waste non-domestic sources Waste prevention
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

These Regulations consisting of 68 articles divided into IX Parts aim at providing for and promoting proper management of e-waste to protect human health and the environment while ensuring sustainable development. They apply to all categories of e-waste concerning generation, collection, storage, transportation, importation, exportation, distribution, selling, purchasing, recycling, refurbishing, assembling, dismantling, and disposal. Any person generating, collecting, storing, transporting, treating, recycling, reusing, recovering, and disposing of hazardous waste shall be guided by the following principles of environment and sustainable development relevant to e-waste management (i) precautionary principle; (ii) polluter pays principle; (iii) producer extended responsibility meaning that the person producing or importing a product shall be required to internalize environmental costs; (iv) cleaner production principle for those who own or operate a facility or premises that generate hazardous and toxic waste to minimize the waste generation. This is based on the right of those who live in Tanzania to have a clean, safe, and healthy environment, together with the duty to safeguard the environment from the adverse effects of e-waste.

Full text
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Website
www.nemc.or.tz