Singapore legislation

Clause 24

of Environmental Public Health Bill

Clause 24

Prohibition against disposal of waste in unauthorised places

(1)

No person shall dispose or cause or permit to be disposed of refuse or industrial waste in or at any place except in or at a public disposal facility or a disposal facility established with the permission of the Commissioner under section 23(1).

(2)

For the purposes of this Act, a person is said to dispose of industrial waste if he burns, sells, gives away, discards, dumps, incinerates, deposits, processes, recycles, throws or treats such waste and “disposal” shall be construed accordingly.