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Waste Resource Management Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC691/00).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Prince Edward Island
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Waste disposal Recycling/reuse Hazardous waste Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulations enact section 25 of the Environmental Protection Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to waste disposal and waste management. Section 2 establishes that no person shall dispose of: a) remaining waste; b) compostable material; c) recyclables; or d) special waste, except at the appropriate landfill, recycling plant or composting facility approved to accept each of these materials. The Regulations – consisting of 68 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: disposal of waste, remaining waste landfill, landfill design and construction, landfill liner system, composting facilities, in-vessel composting facilities, open windrow composting facilities, compost reporting requirements, recycling plants, The Regulations are completed by 3 Schedules.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.pe.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Environmental Protection Act (R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. E-9).

Legislation | Canada | 1988 (2015)

Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Coastal zone management, Pollution control, Waste management, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Inspection, Monitoring, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Well sinking/boreholes, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Water supply

Source: FAO, FAOLEX