Waste Management and Urban Sanitation Law No.83 of 2018.

This Law, applying to the solid, liquid, and sanitary waste management in the cities of the Republic of Somaliland and consisting of 64 articles, mainly aims to (i) have clean cities that are safe for public health, and improve their beauty, hygiene, and sanitation; (ii) promote all the social services related to environmental sanitation to strengthen and enhance the availability of a clean environment in which to live; (iii) have a law to strengthen the capacity of the Urban Sanitation and Waste Management; (iv) enable the development of the National Plan for Solid Waste, Liquid, and Sanitation and translate it into national plans; (v) establish a collaborative framework for collaboration between all stakeholders in the development of waste management and sanitation; (vi) encourage the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) system in the sector. The services related to hygiene and sanitation are the responsibility of the local Governments whose duties are detailed in article 5. While the role of the Ministry of Health, mainly of support, training, and guidance, is dealt with in article 6. Other concerned ministries, whose tasks are indicated in the following articles, are the Ministry of Environment and Rural Development, the Ministry of Water Resources Development, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, and the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development.
The Law deals with the companies responsible for the services related to the waste management and in particular, with (i) waste companies (art.11); (ii) slaughterhouse companies (art.12); (iii) waste development and recycling companies (art.13). As for the sub-sectors, the Law considers the following (i) household waste (art.17); (ii) commercial waste (art.18); (iii) industrial waste (art.19); (iv) hazardous waste produced by health facilities (art.20); (v) waste produced in public areas, such as road, schools, markets, fishery-related fields, building. Waste management includes storage and separation, collection, and disposal which are the object of articles 28 - 31. Regarding the garbage dumps, article 33 establishes that they have to be placed where the local government and the relevant government agencies have checked that it is appropriate. The waste management business shall be organized through a license and contracts system (art. 34) and with the payment of fees, as provided in article 35.
Part IV regards the liquid waste management and it is organized according to the following subsectors (i) business areas (art.39); (ii) housing sites (art.40); (iii) industrial areas (art.41); (iv) Health Centers (art.42); (v) liquid waste in dairy products (art.43); (vi) liquid waste for dyeing clothing (art.44); (vii) liquid waste from vehicles and industry (art.45); (viii) from abattoirs (art.46); (ix) in reservoirs and sewers (art.47). Section V regards the hygiene rules in the following (i) household and personal; (ii) food places; (iii) hotels; (iv) animal slaughterhouses; (v) food products. Article 61 is dedicated to sanitation and the prevention of threats at ports, airports, and borders.