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

Pays/Territoire
République-Unie de Tanzanie
Type du document
Règlement
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Environnement gén., Déchets et substances dangereuses
Mot clé
Déchets dangereux Protection de l’environnement Autorisation/permis Commerce intérieur Commerce international Emballage/étiquetage Principe pollueur-payeur Lutte contre la pollution Principe de précaution ICP-information et consentement préalables Questions de procédures Transformation/manutention Santé publique Déchets solides Développement durable Mouvement transfrontière des déchets Transport/dépôt Élimination de déchets Gestion des déchets Déchets non-ménagers Prévention des déchets
Aire géographique
Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Pays les moins avances
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.nemc.or.tz