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Vision

“Waste Free Environment”




Mission

Protection, Management and Enhancement of the provincial environment by way of establishing a suitable Waste Management Structure, Strategy and Legal Framework for the Province with the Co-ordination of relevant Institutes/Organizations in the Provincial and Central Governments. 

Aims and Objectives 

1. To implement the provisions of the Statute.

2. To keep the environment of the urban and rural areas in the Province clean for the well being of the people as well as for 
     the flora and fauna of the province.

3. To introduce waste management regulations for Solid Waste, hazardous waste, clinical or infectious waste in the 
     province. 

4. To implement the said guidelines with the help of local authorities and waste management contractors who are presently 
     involved in waste management.

5. To assist Local Authorities in the management and control of all categories of waste (municipal, hazardous and clinical or 
     infectious) its collection, transportation, treatment, transfer and disposal.

6. To disseminate the technical know-how on best waste management techniques. 

7. To maintain a Waste Management data base and reporting system for all Local Authorities within the Western Province;

8. To prepare strategy for the waste management in the Province.

9. To investigate the possibilities of using solid waste as a resource. 

10. To promote waste separation, reuse, recycling and resource recovery. 

11. To promote the use of waste in products and by products and to promote appropriate research and development. 

12. To coordinate with the Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government on all the foreign assisted and/or locally 
       funded projects implemented by the Authority in the field of Waste management.

13. To engage in such other related activities as are necessary to be undertaken by the authority in the opinion of the 
       Provincial Council.