Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Regulations, 2016 🇬🇭

Ghana

L.I. 2250

Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Regulations, 2016

Published in Government Gazette on 13 October 2016
Assented to on 11 October 2016
Commenced on 6 January 2017
[This is the version of this document from 13 October 2016.]

IN exercise of the power conferred on the Minister responsible for the Environment by section 36 (c), (e), (f) and (g) of the Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act, 2016 (Act 917) and in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency and other relevant national authorities, these Regulations are made this 11th day of October, 2016.

Purpose, Application and Classification

1. Purpose

The purpose of these Regulations is to

(a)regulate the classification, control and management of waste;

(b)establish a mechanism and procedure for the listing of waste management activities that do not require a Waste Management Permit;

(c)prescribe requirements for the establishment of take-back systems;

(d)prescribe requirements and timeframes…

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