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2.32
mi ni mi se
In some cases additional controls are needed on
the use of chemicals before they become wastes, in order to
environmental and public health hazards arising
Proposals are being developed for a new
from their
use.
ordinance to provide
enacted in
some
such
flu id
this control, similar to legislation
many industrialised countries. In the me anti me
progress will be ma de through voluntary arrangements
as those covering polychlorinated biphenyls, a toxic
used in some electrical installations, the use of
phased out by the power companies and
which
is now being
other users.
2.33
It is the
Government's view
that the provisions
under the WDO to control en viron mental conditions at waste
treatment
limited.
and disposal
facilities
It therefore int en ds to
are unnecessarily
extend the powers to
issue licences under the WDO to cover all major landfills,
pu blic
dump s, incinerators, transfer stations, the CWTC and
These licences will
waste
contain
recycling/recovery plants.
conditions
facilities
harm
and
setting the standards required of these
in order to prevent environmental damage and
nuisance to the public. Disposal practices for
PFA and construction wastes will be examined with a view to
ma xi mising the beneficial uses of those materials.
THE WAY FORWARD :
WASTE LIMITATION, RECOVERY AND RECY CL ING
2.34
So far the emphasis in the Government's approach
to waste manage ment has been to provide secure, long term,
strategies for the final disposal of the growing quantity
wastes produced by our community, together with
prevent environmental problems
of
to
disposal.
measures
associated with waste
It is considered that the measures set out in
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