This Directive lays down measures to protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste and by reducing overall impacts of resource use and improving the efficiency of such use. The Directive recalls the general environmental protection principles of precaution and sustainability, technical feasibility and economic...

These Regulations, made under the Environment Protection Act, 2002, require any person who carries out an activity as specified in the First Schedule to these Regulations, to conduct an industrial waste audit and to fill out the Waste Audit Form and submit it to the Director of Environment. The Director may request persons who have submitted the form to submit an Industrial Waste Audit Report, to...

This Act provides among other things, for the establishment of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, the administration of maritime safety and security maritime labour, pollution of the marine environment, shipping registration and commercial shipping. The Act also establishes the Maritime Fund for the support of objectives and functions of the Agency. The Agency shall develop and...

These Regulations concern the prevention of pollution that can affect the coast, in particular oil pollution. They implement provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from ships 1973 (MARPOL) as amended. No ship shall be allowed or discharge any hazardous substance (not defined), chemical, oil or oily mixture into the territorial waters or any other part of the...

This Act makes provision for the conservation and development of water resources in South Africa. The purpose of this Act is to ensure that the nation's water resources are protected, used, developed, conserved, managed and controlled in ways which take into account amongst other factors: promoting equitable access to water; redressing the results of past racial and gender discrimination...

These Regulations, made section 37 under the Federal Environmental Protection Agency Act, provide with respect to the handling and management of solid, radioactive and (infectious) hazardous waste. They define the objectives of management of solid and hazardous waste, the functions of appropriate Governmental agencies and the obligations of industries. They also classify waste and make provision...

This Act makes provision with respect to the control of the manufacture, importation, placing on the market and use of hazardous substances, which are declared and grouped as such by the Minister under section 2. The Act provides for licensing of supply, letting, use, operation, application and installation of classified substances and the examination, control and disposal of imported substances...