Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2016 (NO. 51 OF 2016) - SECT 8

The objects of this Act are to—

        (a)     manage waste according to the following hierarchy:

              (i)     minimise the generation of waste;

              (ii)     maximise the recovery and re-use of resources;

              (iii)     minimise the amount of waste that goes to landfill; and

        (b)     support innovation and investment in waste management; and

        (c)     promote responsibility for waste reduction; and

        (d)     promote best-practice waste management.