Mbarara Municipality (Solid Waste Management) Bye-laws, 2005 (S.I. No. 68 of 2005)

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2005 No. 68. THE MBARARA MUNICIPALITY (SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT) BYE LAWS, 2005. ARRANGEMENT OF RULES Rules 1. Title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Interpretation. 4. Approved solid waste collection sites. 5. Sorting and separating solid waste. 6. Fee for disposal at an approved solid waste collection site. 7. Fee for disposal of solid waste. 8. Offences. The Mbarara Municipality (Solid Waste Management) Bye-laws, 2005. (Under section 39(1) of the Local Governments Act, Cap 243) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Mbarara Municipal Council by subsection (1) of section 39 of the Local Governments Act, these bye-laws are enacted this 22nd day of June, 2005. 1. Title These Bye-laws may be cited as the Mbarara Municipality (Solid Waste Management) Bye-laws, 2005. 2. Objectives These Bye-laws are intended to regulate and enforce proper and effective solid waste management within Mbarara Municipality. 3. Interpretation In these Bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires— “Controlling authority” means Mbarara Municipal Council; “Currency point” shall be the equivalent of twenty thousand Uganda shillings; “Inorganic waste” means unwanted matter which is non-biodegradable; “Mbarara Municipality” means the area within the boundaries of the Municipality and includes the division of Kamukuzi, Kakoba, Nyamitanga or any other divisions that may be included in future; “Organic waste” means unwanted matter which is biodegradable; STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2005 No. 68. “Solid waste” means unwanted matter which is not liquid or gaseous form; “Special waste” means solid waste which is hazardous such as medical and industrial waste. 4. Approved solid waste collection sites (1) Solid waste that is not managed at the owners’ property shall be disposed of at approved solid waste disposal sites. (2) No solid waste shall be disposed of indiscriminately within Mbarara Municipality. 5. Sorting and separating solid waste (1) A producer of solid waste shall sort and separate the solid waste into organic, inorganic and special waste. (2) Inorganic matter shall be deposited in a container marked red, while organic matter shall be deposited in a container marked blue. 6. Fee for disposal at an approved solid waste collection site A producer of solid waste shall pay for its disposal at an approved solid waste collection site at a fee that shall be determined by the controlling authority from time to time. 7. Fee for disposal of solid waste. A producer of solid waste shall pay for the disposal of the waste, a fee that shall be determined by the controlling authority from time to time. 8. Offences Any person who— (a) fails or neglects to manage his or her solid waste or fails to deposit it at an approved solid waste collection site; (b) fails to sort and separate his or her solid waste into organic, inorganic and special waste; (c) defaults or neglects to pay the prescribed solid waste disposal fee, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two currency points or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or both. PASSED under the common seal of Mbarara Municipal Council this 18th day of February, 2004. TUMWINE WILSON, Mayor, Mbarara Municipal Council.