South Australian Current Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 4B

4B—Waste management hierarchy

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.