National Environmental Protection (Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes) Regulations.
Ministry of Health, Nigeria
The objectives of solid and hazardous waste management are to identify solid, toxic and extremely hazardous wastes dangerous to public health and the environment and provide guidelines necessary to establish a system of proper record keeping, sampling and labelling of hazardous wastes. Regulation 20 provides for the notification of discharge of waste. It is stated that the Agency shall instruct the person responsible for the spillage or discharge to clean up all released dangerous harmful wastes or hazardous substances within the time or days as may be specified, designate and treat, store or dispose of all solids, water or other materials contaminated by the spillage or discharge under specific directives given in that behalf by the agency or any person or authority authorized in that behalf to issue the directive and restore the area affected by the spillage or discharge and replenish resources in a manner acceptable to the Agency or any other person or authority authorized in that behalf by the Agency.
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Office of the Director General National Enivironmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency ⬤
Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment ⬤
Office of the Minister of State for Environment ⬤
Office of the Minister of Environment ⬤
Federal Executive Council ⬤
National Environmental Protection (Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes) Regulations. Current Version
January 2022
The objectives of solid and hazardous waste management are to identify solid, toxic and extremely hazardous wastes dangerous to public health and the environment and provide guidelines necessary to establish a system of proper record keeping, sampling and labelling of hazardous wastes. Regulation 20 provides for the notification of discharge of waste. It is stated that the Agency shall instruct the person responsible for the spillage or discharge to clean up all released dangerous harmful wastes or hazardous substances within the time or days as may be specified, designate and treat, store or dispose of all solids, water or other materials contaminated by the spillage or discharge under specific directives given in that behalf by the agency or any person or authority authorized in that behalf to issue the directive and restore the area affected by the spillage or discharge and replenish resources in a manner acceptable to the Agency or any other person or authority authorized in that behalf by the Agency.
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