Law No. 209 On waste .

This Law establishes the legal framework, public policy and necessary measures for the protection of the environment and public health by preventing or reducing the negative impact caused by the generation and management of waste, and reducing the overall impact of resource use, as well as increasing the efficiency of their use. The provisions of this Law shall not apply to: (a) gaseous emissions into the atmosphere; (b) soil (at the location), including unrecovered contaminated soil and firmly connected to the ground structures; (c) uncontaminated soil and other natural materials recovered during construction, if these materials are intended to be used in their natural state at the site from which they were extracted; (d) radioactive waste; (e) deactivated explosives; (f) fecal materials, if they are not covered by clause (3) (b); (g) straw and other non-hazardous natural agricultural or forestry materials and materials used in agriculture or forestry or for the generation of energy from biomass safe by safe for environment and public health methods. Priorities in the sphere of waste management shall be set forth as follows: (a) waste prevention; (b) recycling/reuse; (c) re-introduction into circulation; (d) other waste processing operations, including energy generation; and (e) waste disposal. In the implementation of waste management activities, methods and processes are applied that do not pollute the environment and do not put at risk public health. The list of waste, including hazardous waste, shall be annually drafted and approved by the competent public authority. It is prohibited to leave and dump waste in places that are not intended for this purpose. It is prohibited to remove waste outside of specially designated places for this purpose. Combustion and co-incineration of wastes of any origin, excluding waste generated as a result of medical activities shall be prohibited. This Law consists of X Sections. Section I lays down general provisions. Section II establishes plenary powers of central executive bodies and local government. Section III establishes general rules for waste management. Section IV regards authorization, supervision, registration and information in the sphere of waste management. Section V regards waste management programs. Section VI establishes responsibility in the sphere of waste management. Section VII establishes requirements for management of some categories of waste. Section VIII regards import and export of waste. Section IX establishes liability for the infringement of legislation in the sphere of waste management. Section X lays down final and transitional provisions.