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.

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 information paper on Management of Hazardous Waste.

Licensing and approval

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.

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.