Illegal waste dumping notice
The NSW Government recently introduced legislative changes to tackle illegal waste dumping and protect landowners from unscrupulous dumpers. The changes were originally contained in the Waste Minimisation and Management Amendment Act 1998 and commenced on 15 January 1999. In general terms, they have been brought forward into the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, which commenced on 1 July 1999.
The new laws are aimed at ensuring transporters and owners of waste accept responsibility for lawfully disposing of their waste. They introduce tougher offence provisions for waste transporters and waste owners who are responsible for illegal dumping.
See also: Questions and answers for the landowner/occupier.
You can download a notice in a form approved by the EPA that can be given to a waste transporter or displayed at a property:
copy of the notice in PDF format (16 Kb; click here for information about use of PDF documents)
copy of the notice in RTF format (33 Kb; documents in RTF format will open in most word processing programs)
Note: you should keep a copy of the notice for your records.
Click here to see section 143 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.
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Page last updated: 26 February 2011
