Law On domestic and industrial waste. País/Territorio Mongolia Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2003 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original Compendium of Mongolian legislation. Materia Desechos y sustancias peligrosas Palabra clave Legislación básica Gestión de desechos Residuos domésticos Residuos no domésticos Eliminación de desechos Área geográphica Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Asia Oriental, Naciones en desarrollo sin litoral Entry into force notes This Law shall come in force on the 1 July 2004. Resumen The purpose of this Law shall be to govern relationships related to collection, transportation, storage, and landfill of household and industrial waste and reusing of waste as source of raw materials to prevent from and eliminate hazardous impact of household and industrial wastes on public health and environment. This law shall govern relationships related to all types of wastes except for the atmospheric, aquatic environmental and radioactive wastes. Individuals, economic entities and organizations residing in cities, villages and other urban areas shall dispose their waste in the following procedures: (a) residents living in apartments with special waste disposal facility shall dispose their waste in such facility; (b) individuals living in the representatives and housing without special waste disposal facility and economic entities and organizations other than those specified in the paragraph 11.3 of this Law shall dispose their waste in temporary waste disposal sites defined by soum or district governors at specified times; (c) individuals residing in rural areas or areas other than urban areas shall landfill their household waste in methods approved by soum governor; and (d) economic entities and organizations engaged in industrial activities that produce significant amount of special industrial waste in special waste land-filling facility that meets the prescribed standards and requirements. Texto completo Inglés