Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Public Cleansing
7. Dustbins in streets
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Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1);
cause any number of dustbins or other convenient receptacles in which refuse may be temporarily deposited to be provided and placed in proper and convenient locations in public streets and private streets and in any other places that the Director‑General may think fit; and
cause vehicles to go round to collect the refuse.
A person must not deposit, or cause or permit to be deposited any dung, nightsoil, human excreta, industrial waste, stable refuse or garden refuse in any such dustbin or receptacle, except that such garden refuse comprising grass, small twigs and the like as may be reasonably accommodated in those dustbins or receptacles may be placed therein.
industrial waste
“industrial waste” means any waste whether solid, liquid or gaseous produced in the course of or is the waste product of any trade, business, manufacture or building construction, and includes toxic industrial waste and any dangerous substance;