Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

POLICIES AND LEGISLATION
The collection, recycling, treatment and
disposal of toxic industrial wastes are
controlled under the Environmental Public
Health Act (EPHA) and the Toxic Industrial
Wastes Regulations (TIWR).
The EPHA controls waste including toxic,
domestic and industrial waste.
The generation, collection, treatment, disposal
and storage of toxic industrial wastes is
regulated under the TIWR. Industrial wastes
controlled under the TIWR are listed in the
Schedule of the Regulations as waste streams
from specific industrial activities, wastes with
specified toxic components and as specific
categories of wastes. The list includes spent
acids, alkalis, and wastes containing gallium
arsenide, spent etching solutions and
pathogenic waste from hospitals.
CHAPTER 3_COUNTRY ANALYSIS
According to the TIWR, the waste generator,
collector, carrier or transporter and the truck
driver are key persons involved in the control
and management of toxic industrial waste.
Written transport approval from PCD is
required for the transportation of wastes in
quantities which exceed those specified in the
TIWR. Responsibilities of the key person in
the transportation are as follows:
Consignor is the person who presents a
consignment of controlled wastes for
transport. The consignor can be either the
generator or the licensed collector and is
responsible to obtain transport approval
from PCD to transport the wastes;
Carrier is the person who undertakes the
transport of the controlled wastes. He can
either be the generator, the licensed
collector or the transport company
engaged by one of them;
Consignee is the person who receives the
controlled wastes. He is usually the licensed
collector;
Driver is the person driving the vehicle
transporting the toxic industrial wastes.
INTERNATIONAL AND
NATIONAL INITIATIVES
The Waste Management and Recycling
Association of Singapore (WMRAS) is an
association which aims to professionalize and
develop a leading waste management and
recycling industry in Asia. It keeps the
members of the association updated on the
regulatory and policies developments, best
practices in waste management through
information exchange with the MEWR, NEA
and other related organizations.
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