(6) Any sum deposited in terms of subsection (4) shall, if deposited with an inspector, form
part of the funds of the Agency:
Provided that any balance in excess of a sum so deposited which is recovered in terms of
section 348 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall not form part of
the funds of the Agency.
69 Standards for waste
The Standards and Enforcement Committee shall recommend to the Board—
(a) measures necessary to identify materials and processes that are dangerous to human
health and the environment;
(b) the issuance of guidelines and the prescribing of measures for the management of the
materials and processes identified under paragraph (a);
(c) the prescribing of standards for waste, their classification and analyses, and advise on
standards of disposal methods and means for such waste;
(d) the prescribing of measures for the handling, storage, transportation, segregation and
destruction of any waste.
70 Prohibition against discharge of wastes
(1) No person shall discharge or dispose of any wastes, whether generated within or outside
Zimbabwe, in such a manner as to cause pollution to the environment or ill health to any person.
(2) No person shall transport any waste other than—
(a) in accordance with a valid licence to transport wastes issued by the Board; and
(b) to a wastes disposal site established in accordance with a licence issued by the Board.
(3) Every person whose activities generate waste shall employ measures essential to
minimise wastes through treatment, reclamation and recycling.
(4) The Minister or an inspector may by order issued in terms of section one hundred and
seventeen or one hundred and eighteen, as the case may be, require a person referred to in
subsection (3) to take such measures as are specified in the order to minimise wastes through
treatment, reclamation and recycling.
(5) Any person who⎯
(a) discharges or disposes of any wastes in contravention of any measure or standard
prescribed in terms of section sixty-nine; or
(b) transports any waste otherwise than in accordance with a valid licence issued in terms
of in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), or otherwise than to a licensed wastes
disposal site;
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for a period of not more than
five years or to a fine of not more than five million dollars or to both such fine and such
imprisonment.
71 Application for waste licence
(1) Any person who intends to transport wastes within Zimbabwe, or to operate a wastes
disposal site or plant or to generate hazardous waste of a prescribed type or quantity, shall prior
to doing so, apply to the Board for the grant of an appropriate waste licence.
(2) An application for a waste licence shall be made in the prescribed form and be
accompanied by the prescribed fee.
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