The objects of this Act are—
| (a) |
to protect health, well-being and the environment by providing reasonable measures for— |
| (i) |
minimising the consumption of natural resources; |
| (ii) |
avoiding and minimising the generation of waste; |
| (iii) |
reducing, re-using, recycling and recovering waste; |
| (iv) |
treating and safely disposing of waste as a last resort; |
| (v) |
preventing pollution and ecological degradation; |
| (vii) |
promoting and ensuring the effective delivery of waste services; |
| (viii) |
remediating land where contamination presents, or may present, a significant risk of harm to health or the environment; and |
| (ix) |
achieving integrated waste management reporting and planning; |
| (b) |
to ensure that people are aware of the impact of waste on their health, well-being and the environment; |
| (c) |
to provide for compliance with the measures set out in paragraph (a); and |
| (d) |
generally, to give effect to section 24 of the Constitution in order to secure an environment that is not harmful to health and well-being. |
Statistics Act, 1999
