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Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Preliminary provisions

6: Meaning of disposal

You could also call this:

"What 'disposal' means: getting rid of waste by burying or burning it"

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When you hear the word disposal in this Act, it usually means putting waste on land that is set aside for that purpose, or burning waste to get rid of it. You can think of it like a landfill where waste is thrown away for a long time. Burning waste, or incineration, is when waste is deliberately set on fire to destroy it, not to make energy from it.

If someone is talking about disposal in relation to a levy, it means putting waste somewhere and leaving it there, except in the situations described in section 26(3).

Disposal is an important concept in this Act, and it's good that you know what it means.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

6Meaning of disposal

  1. In this Act, unless the context requires another meaning, disposal means—

  2. the final (or more than short-term) deposit of waste into or onto land set apart for that purpose; or
    1. the incineration of waste.

      1. In subsection (1)(a), for all purposes relating to the levy, final (or more than short-term) deposit of waste means any deposit of waste other than a deposit referred to in section 26(3).

      2. In subsection (1)(b), incineration means the deliberate burning of waste to destroy it, but not to recover energy from it.