South Australian Numbered Acts

ZERO WASTE SA ACT 2004 (NO 1 OF 2004) - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Act—

"appointed member" of the Board means a member of the Board appointed by the Governor;

"Board" means the Board of Zero Waste SA established as the governing body of Zero Waste SA under section 9;

"waste" has the same meaning as in the Environment Protection Act 1993 ;

"waste management hierarchy"—see subsection (2);

"waste strategy"—see Part 4;

"Waste to Resources Fund"—see Part 3;

"Zero Waste SA"—see Part 2.

        (2)         In this Act, a reference to the "waste management hierarchy is a reference to an order of priority for the management of waste in which—

            (a)         avoidance of the production of waste; and

            (b)         minimisation of the production of waste; and

            (c)         reuse of waste; and

            (d)         recycling of waste; and

            (e)         recovery of energy and other resources from waste; and

            (f)         treatment of waste to reduce potentially degrading impacts; and

            (g)         disposal of waste in an environmentally sound manner,

are pursued in order with, first, avoidance of the production of waste, and second, to the extent that avoidance is not reasonably practicable, minimisation of the production of waste, and third, to the extent that minimisation is not reasonably practicable, reuse of waste, and so on.