How does the NSW Government regulate hazardous and liquid wastes?
In some cases, the ‘hazard’ relates to the activity being carried out with the waste (e.g. transport and handling of waste), while other wastes are inherently hazardous across a range of activities. In NSW, regulatory requirements take into account the hazard characteristics of a waste relevant to the activity being carried out. The activities regulated include generation, transport, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous and liquid waste. Regulation that applies to hazardous and liquid waste • Licensing – for those generating, storing, treating, transporting and wanting to dispose this waste. • Chemical Control Orders (CCO) – certain chemicals may have a CCO under the Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985. This is where DECC assesses certain chemicals to ascertain the need to impose specific management restrictions on the chemicals life cycle. • Waste Tracking – many hazardous and liquid wastes need to be tracked through transport to its final destination. • Immobilisatio
