National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008

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59 of 2008

National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008 aims

to reform the law regulating waste management in order to protect health and the environment by providing reasonable measures for the prevention of pollution and ecological degradation and for securing ecologically sustainable development;
to provide for institutional arrangements and planning matters;
to provide for national norms and standards for regulating the management of waste by all spheres of government;
to provide for specific waste management measures;
to provide for the licensing and control of waste management activities;
to provide for the remediation of contaminated land;
to provide for the national waste information system;
to provide for compliance and enforcement; and
to provide for matters connected therewith.

1 Jul 2009, except for sections 28(7)(a), 35 to 41 and 46 (Gazette 32189 of 30 April 2009)
2 May 2014, except for sections 35 to 41 (Gazette 37547 of 11 April 2014)