140Duty to investigate alternatives to waste disposal

140 Duty to investigate alternatives to waste disposal (1) A person who has the management or control of priority waste must— (a) take all reasonable steps to identify and assess alternatives to waste disposal for the priority waste, including— (i) reuse and recycling of the priority waste; and (ii) if the person produced or generated the priority waste, avoiding producing or generating similar priority waste in the future; and (b) have regard to the following in making a decision relating to management of the priority waste— (i) alternatives to waste disposal identified and assessed under paragraph (a); (ii) any guidelines issued by the Authority relating to alternatives to waste disposal for that type of priority waste; (iii) the objects of this Chapter. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), taking reasonable steps includes (but is not limited to) the following— (a) considering any guidelines issued by the Authority relating to alternatives to waste disposal for that type of priority waste; (b) considering any other relevant guidelines or publications; (c) considering the availability of any relevant technology used in resource recovery; (d) consulting a person or body with relevant expertise relating to alternatives to waste disposal for that type of priority waste. S. 141 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).