Waste Management Act 1996

F14[Definitions of activity, disposal, hazardous waste, recovery and waste.

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4. (1) In this Act

activity includes operation;

disposal

(a) means any operation which is not recovery even where the operation has as a secondary consequence the reclamation of substances or energy, and

(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), includes the disposal operations listed in the Third Schedule,

and waste disposal activity shall be construed accordingly;

hazardous waste means waste which displays one or more of the hazardous properties listed in the Second Schedule;

F13["non-hazardous waste" means waste which is not covered by the definition of hazardous waste.]

recovery

(a) means any operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in the plant or in the wider economy, and

(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), includes the recovery operations listed in the Fourth Schedule,

and "waste recovery activity" shall be construed accordingly;

waste means any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard.

(2) A reference in this Act to waste shall be construed as including a reference to hazardous waste.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F13

Inserted (27.08.2020) by European Union (Waste Directive) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 323 of 2020), reg. 5.

F14

Substituted (31.03.2011) by European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 126 of 2011), reg. 4.

Editorial Notes:

E8

Power pursuant to section exercised (2.04.2018) by Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 96 of 2018), in effect as per reg. 2.

E9

Power pursuant to section exercised (19.12.2017) by Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 598 of 2017).

E10

Power pursuant to section exercised (14.09.2017 and 1.10.2017) by Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 400 of 2017), part in effect on date of making, and part in effect as per reg. 1(2).