Waste Management By-law, 2013.

This By-law of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality seeks to: ensure that waste is avoided, or where it cannot altogether be avoided, minimized, re-used, recycled, recovered and disposed of in an environmentally sound manner; promote sustainable development and environmental justice through fair and reasonable measures for the management of waste within the Council's jurisdiction; regulate the collection, transportation, storage, disposal, treatment and recycling of waste within the Council's jurisdiction; regulate and ensure effective delivery of the municipal service and regulate the provision of commercial services through accreditation of service providers; and ensure that all municipal residents and businesses in the Council's jurisdiction participate in the promotion of responsible citizenship by ensuring sound waste management practices within residential and industrial environments. The By-law also concerns hazardous waste and health care risk waste and prohibit the dumping of waste. It defines obligations of a generator or holder of waste and allow the City Council to impose measures on such persons.