Toxic Waste
The handling, transportation, treatment and disposal of toxic industrial waste in Singapore is controlled under the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations 1988. A list of controlled toxic industrial wastes is included in the regulations and can be found here.
Under the regulations, all toxic industrial waste collectors must be licensed. The transport of toxic industrial waste in quantities exceeding those stipulated in the regulations requires a transport approval.
Hard copies of the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations 1988 can be purchased at Toppan Leefung Pte Ltd, Legal Publishing located at 1 Kim Seng Promenade #18-01/06, Great World City East Tower (Tel: 68269600).
More details can be found in the Management of Hazardous Waste information paper. Details on applications and licences are available here.
A list of the toxic industrial waste collectors and PVC waste collectors in Singapore can be found here.