Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities Act, 2002
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National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)Chapter 6 : Waste Information61. Objectives of national waste information system |
The objective of the national waste information system is to—
| (a) | store, verify, analyse, evaluate and provide data and information for the protection of the environment and management of waste; |
| (b) | provide information for the development and implementation of any integrated waste management plan required in terms of this Act; and |
| (c) | provide information to organs of state and the public — |
| (i) | for education, awareness raising, research and development purposes; |
| (ii) | for planning, including the prioritisation of regulatory, waste minimisation and other initiatives; |
| (iii) | for obligations to report in terms of any legislation; |
| (iv) | for public safety management; |
| (v) | on the status of the generation, collection, reduction, re-use, recycling and recovery, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste; and |
| (vi) | the impact of waste on health and the environment. |
