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Waste Governance and Regulation

Tools:

Maps – Waste

Legislation

A package of legislation, introduced in January 1994, established the Resource Management and Planning System of Tasmania (RMPS). The aim of the RMPS is to achieve sustainable outcomes from the use or development of the State's natural and physical resources.

The primary environment protection legislation in Tasmania is the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994. legislation in Tasmania.

Environmental Management Legislation

Legislation

Function

Regulations

Legislation source and administering agency

Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 (EMPCA)
  • to promote the sustainable development of natural and physical resources and the maintenance of ecological processes and genetic diversity
  • to provide for the fair, orderly and sustainable use and development of air, land and water
  • to encourage public involvement in resource management and planning
  • to facilitate economic development in accordance with objectives (a), (b) and (c)
  • to promote the sharing of responsibility for resource management and planning between the different spheres of government, the community and industry in Tasmania.

Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2000

Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Tracking) Regulations 2006 		Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts

Publications

The Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts has produced a number of publications that are relevant to waste management:

Hazardous Waste Management
  • Draft Approved Management Methods for Clinical and Related Waste (February 2005)
  • Information Bulletin 2: Introduction to EMPCA 1994 - Waste Transport Businesses
  • Explanatory Note #3: Introduction to the National Waste Manifest System
  • Tasmanian Hazardous Waste Management Strategy (May 1994) - out of print (superseded)
  • Towards a Tasmanian Waste Management Strategy - A Public Discussion Paper for Comment (March 2000)
Solid Waste Management