CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to prescribe matters necessary for installing and operating public waste resources management facilities and providing support for residents in order to prevent damage to the people’s health and property caused by waste resources, thereby contributing to the sustainable preservation of the environment and the qualitative improvement of the people’s living through enabling the prompt and eco-friendly treatment of wastes subject to public treatment.
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Dec. 31, 2022>
1. "Waste resources" means wastes, defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act, before or in the process of circular utilization or before treatment to minimize impacts on human health and the environment under subparagraph 4 of Article 3 of the Act on Promotion of Transition to Circular Economy and Society in compliance with the basic principles of circular economy under Article 3 of that Act;
2. "Abandoned wastes" means abandoned wastes under the main clause of Article 40(4) of the Wastes Control Act;
3. "Improperly treated wastes" means wastes treated in a manner inconsistent with the standards for and methods of waste treatment under Article 13 of the Wastes Control Act or the principles of recycling wastes and the matters to be observed under Article 13-2 of that Act, or dumped or buried in violation of Article 8(1) or (2) of that Act;
4. "Disaster wastes" means wastes falling under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act, which are caused by a disaster under subparagraph 1a or b of Article 3 of the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety;
5. "Treatment" means treatment defined in subparagraph 5-3 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act;
6. "Waste treatment facility" means a waste treatment facility defined in subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act;
7. "Wastes subject to public treatment" means any of the following:
a. Abandoned wastes;
b. Improperly treated wastes;