Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation Act 2001. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision New South Wales Document type Legislation Date 2001 (2005) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to establish the Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation as a statutory State owned corporation to exercise certain functions in relation to waste; to dissolve the Waste Recycling and Processing Service of New South Wales; to make consequential amendments to other legislation; and for other purposes. Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Institution Recycling/reuse Waste management Research Waste disposal Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act establishes the Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation as a statutory State owned corporation to exercise certain functions in relation to waste. The principal functions of the Corporation are: (a) to establish, maintain and operate waste facilities, secondary resource facilities and related facilities, and (b) to conduct businesses or provide services relating to waste, and secondary resource recovery, and (c) to provide waste management services, secondary resource management services and related services, and (d) to research, develop and implement alternative technologies for managing waste, and (e) to trade in waste and secondary resources. The Act provides for the internal structure and organization of the Corporation and for the dissolution of the Waste Recycling and Processing Service and, on the dissolution of the Waste Recycling and Processing Service, the Corporation is taken for all purposes, including the rules of private international law, to be a continuation of, and the same legal entity as, the Waste Recycling and Processing Service. Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au References - Legislation Repealed by Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (Authorised Transaction) Act 2010. Legislation | Australia | 2010 (2017) Keyword: Institution, Recycling/reuse, Waste management, Research, Waste disposal Source: FAO, FAOLEX