3Objects of Act

#### 3 Objects of Act 3 Objects of Act > The objects of this Act are as follows— > > > (a) to encourage the most efficient use of resources and to reduce environmental harm in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development, > > > (b) to ensure resource management options are considered against a hierarchy in the following order— > > > > > (i) avoidance and reduction of waste, > > > > > (ii) re-use of waste, > > > > > (iii) recycling, processing or reprocessing waste, > > > > > (iv) recovery of energy, > > > > > (v) disposal, > > > (c) to provide for the continual reduction in waste generation, > > > (d) to minimise the consumption of natural resources and the final disposal of waste by encouraging the avoidance of waste and the reuse and recycling of waste, > > > (e) to ensure that industry shares with the community the responsibility for reducing and dealing with waste, > > > (f) to ensure the efficient funding of waste and resource management planning, programs and service delivery, > > > (g) to achieve integrated waste and resource management planning, programs and service delivery on a State-wide basis, > > > (h) to assist in the achievement of the objectives of the [Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-156). > > **s 3:** Am 2021 No 31, Sch 3.5\[1\].