The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of section 28(1) read with section 31 of the NEM:WA, required the Paper & Packaging Industry, the Electrical and Electronic Industry and the Lighting Industry to prepare and submit industry waste management plans for approval.
The notice provides, inter alia, that -
- A producer must register with and subscribe to at least 1 industry waste management plan approved by the Minister in terms of section 32 of the NEM:WA that is applicable to them within 1 month after the date of approval of the industry waste management plan or as soon as the producer comes into existence after the approval of the industry waste management plan;
- Producers operating on the date of publication of this notice must register with the Minister within 2 months after the date of publication of this notice while producers commencing business after the date of publication of this notice must register within 30 days prior to commencing business; and
- A producer can either prepare and submit an industry waste management plan to the Minister within 9 months from the date of publication of this Notice, or subscribe to an industry waste management plan submitted to the Minister. A producer must comply with the industry waste management plan once it has been approved by the Minister.
