Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations
Regulation 2
Definitions
Subregulation 1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
Definition
“Central Provident Fund” means the fund that is established under section 6 of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;
Definition
“code of practice” means the code of practice issued by the Director-General and applicable to every general waste collector;
Definition
“general waste” means —
refuse or industrial waste, excluding any toxic industrial waste specified in the Schedule to the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations (Rg 11);
waste from grease interceptors;
waste from sewerage systems, including waste from sewage treatment plants, septic tanks and water-seal latrines;
waste from sanitary conveniences not part of a sewerage system, including waste from sanitary conveniences which are mobile or in ships or aircraft;
dangerous substances that have been treated and rendered harmless and safe for disposal; (f)toxic industrial waste that has been treated and rendered harmless and safe for disposal; and
recyclable waste;
Definition
“incinerable waste” means any general waste that is suitable to be destroyed, rendered inert or reduced to ash through a process of controlled, high temperature combustion without causing damage to, or disrupting the operation of, the refuse incineration plant in which the process is carried out, but does not include recyclable waste and waste specified in the Third Schedule;
Definition
“licensee” means any person or company licensed under these Regulations to collect and transport general waste to a disposal facility;
Definition
“non-incinerable waste” means —
any recyclable waste;
any waste specified in the Third Schedule; or
any general waste that is not incinerable waste;
Definition
“recyclable waste” means any general waste that is capable of being recycled, and includes —
any recyclable; and
any refuse or waste specified in the Fourth Schedule;
Definition
“resident waste collection worker” means a waste collection worker who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore;
Definition
“residential property” means —
any house, building or other premises or any part thereof which is permitted to be used under the Planning Act 1998 or any written law as a dwelling-house or which is lawfully so used; or
any land zoned in the Master Plan for solely residential purposes or for mixed purposes, one of which shall be residential;
Definition
“salary period”, in relation to a waste collection worker, means a period of time, that is, one hour, one day, one week, one month or any other period, that may be stated or implied in the contract of service between the waste collection worker and a licensee, in respect of which the waste collection worker is entitled to be paid for working;
Definition
“section 31DA Order (waste collection workers)” means an order made by the Commissioner for Labour under section 31DA(1) of the Act in respect of waste collection workers.
Subregulation 2
The refuse, waste or material specified in the First Schedule are prescribed for the purpose of the definition of “recyclable” in section 2 of the Act.