Waste Disposal Act｜第 2 條｜資源循環｜Act｜In Force
第 一 章｜環境部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2017-06-14
For the purpose of this Act, “waste” means any movable solid or liquid substance or object: I.Which is discarded; II.Whose original purpose is weakened, given up, no longer existing, or unclear; III.Which is resulted from construction, manufacturing, processing, repairing, selling, or other activities, and is not deliberately created; IV.Which is resulted from production process, with no feasible technology existing, and is of no economic or market value; V.Which is announced as “waste” by central competent authority. The waste referred to in the preceding paragraph is divided into “general waste” and “industrial waste.” I.General waste refers to waste that is not industrial waste. II.Industrial waste refers to waste that is produced from industry activities (but excluding waste generated by the employees themselves), including “hazardous industrial waste” and “general industrial waste.” A.Hazardous industrial waste: waste produced by industry that is toxic or dangerous with the concentration or volume sufficient to influence human health or pollute the environment. B.General industrial waste: waste produced by industry that is not hazardous industrial waste. The central competent authority in consultation with the central industry competent authority shall enact determination standards for the hazardous industrial waste referred to in the foregoing paragraph. The disposal of ionizing radioactive waste shall be performed in accordance with the relevant atomic energy regulations. The industry referred to in Paragraph 2 means agricultural, industrial and mining plants and sites, construction enterprises, medical organizations, public and private waste clearance and disposal organizations, joint industrial waste clearance and disposal organizations, laboratories of schools or agency groups and other enterprises designated by the central competent authority.