Hong Kong Regulations

WASTE DISPOSAL (CHARGES FOR DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTE) REGULATION - SECT 2

Interpretation

In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Centre" (化學廢物處理中心) means the land and premises-

   (a)  owned by the Government;

   (b)  the subject of a waste disposal licence authorizing the use thereof
        for the disposal of chemical waste; and

   (c)  known as the Chemical Waste Treatment Centre;

"special chemical waste" (特殊化學廢物) means any chemical waste-

   (a)  which is or contains polychlorinated biphenyls;

   (b)  which is, or has become, unusable for its intended purpose, whether
        because-

        (i)    it does not meet the specifications for that purpose;

        (ii)   the date by which it may be used for that purpose has passed;
               or

        (iii)  it has been damaged or affected in a way which makes it unfit
               to be used for that purpose; or

   (c)  imported into Hong Kong for the purpose of disposing of it in Hong
        Kong;

"special handling" (特殊處理) , in relation to any chemical waste, means
that the waste-

   (a)  is highly volatile;

   (b)  is highly inflammable;

   (c)  is spontaneously reactive with air or water;

   (d)  gives any offensive or obnoxious odour;

   (e)  may easily polymerise;

   (f)  is or contains cyanide in an acidic medium;

   (g)  is or contains organic compound that is highly acidic or in a highly
        acidic medium;

   (h)  is an organic waste that contains fluoride;

   (i)  is or contains any pesticide listed in the register of pesticides
        maintained under section 4 of the Pesticides Ordinance ( Cap  133);

   (j)  is or contains more than 3% of cyanide by weight;

   (k)  is or contains more than 100 parts per million of mercury by weight;

   (l)  is or contains organo mercury compounds with mercury content above 50
        parts per million by weight; or

   (m)  contains more than 500 parts per million of polychlorinated biphenyls
        by weight;

"waste producer" (廢物產生者) has the same meaning as in section 2 of the
Waste  Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General) Regulation ( Cap 354 sub. leg. C).
(Enacted 1995)

"Centre" (化學廢物處理中心)

"special chemical waste" (特殊化學廢物)

"special handling" (特殊處理)

"waste producer" (廢物產生者)