Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 5

5 .         Objects of this Act

        (1)         The primary objects of this Act are to contribute to sustainability, and the protection of human health and the environment, in Western Australia and the move towards a waste-free society by —

            (a)         promoting the most efficient use of resources, including resource recovery and waste avoidance; and

            (b)         reducing environmental harm, including pollution through waste; and

            (c)         the consideration of resource management options against the following hierarchy —

                  (i)         avoidance of unnecessary resource consumption;

                  (ii)         resource recovery (including reuse, reprocessing, recycling and energy recovery);

                  (iii)         disposal.

        (2)         The principles set out in the EP Act section 4A apply in relation to the objects of this Act.