UAE Environmental / ESG LawFederal Cabinet Resolution No. (39) of 2021 Concerning the Executive Regulation of Federal Law No. (12) of 2018 Concerning Integrated Waste Management

Article (1) Definitions Definitions provided in the Federal Law No. (12) of 2018 mentioned shall apply to this Resolution, otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to each of them, unless the context requires otherwise: Non-Hazardous Animal Waste : Waste from animal tissue, fluid or secretion resulting from animal husbandry activities or manufacturing practices, including dead animals, excrement of non-infected animals with an epidemic disease, and slaughterhouse waste Hazardous Animal Waste : Waste from animal tissue, fluids or secretions resulting from animal husbandry activities or manufacturing practices, including dead animals and excrement of sick or…

Article (2) Waste Producer and Supplier Responsibility 1. The waste Producer shall properly dispose of the waste generated and bear the financial costs involved.

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Cabinet Resolution of 2021 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law of 2018 Concerning Integrated Waste Management 4 2. The Supplier shall: a. Accept the returned products and bear the financial costs resulting from their proper disposal in coordination with the Competent Authority or the Concerned Entity, as the case may; b. Collect and accept electronic waste and battery waste from Consumer free of charge, by providing Recycling bins in their sales centre s and treating or properly disposing of them in c…

Article (3) Municipal Solid Waste Containers 1. The Competent Authority shall provide two bins or bags for separating solid municipal waste in the following colours: a. Green: It is used for recyclable waste, including (paper, cardboard, metal, glass, and plastic waste) and others determined by the Competent Authority; and b. Black colour: General waste that is not usable or recyclable. 2. The Competent Authority shall provide the containers within a maximum period of (10) ten years. 3. The Competent Authority may provide an additional brown container or bag for sorting food waste and organic waste. 4. The Competent Authority may provide an additional container or bag in red for sorting haza…

Article (4) Sewage Treatment Standards 1. The Competent Authority, or whoever it authorises, shall establish and operate sewage treatment installations in accordance with the following approved treatment standards: a. The use of Tertiary Treatment technology as a minimum; and b. The concentration of pollutants in the treated wastewater shall not exceed the maximum levels of pollutants contained in Annex No. (1) attached to this Resolution. The concentration of pollutants in the sludge resulting from sewage treatment shall not exceed the maximum levels stated in Annex No. (2) attached to this Resolution. 2. The Competent Authority, in coordination with the Ministry, may develop higher technic…

Article (5) Hazardous Waste Management The Competent Authority undertakes the management of hazardous waste by ensuring that the establishments that handle the hazardous waste comply with the following: 1. Separate generated hazardous waste from non-hazardous waste as determined by the Competent Authority; 2. Determine the types of hazardous waste generated.

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Cabinet Resolution of 2021 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law of 2018 Concerning Integrated Waste Management 6 3. Determining the types of hazardous waste that can be recycled in the same installation or in other installations; 4. Treat and dispose hazardous waste in accordance with the requirements of th…

Article (6) Controls and Conditions for Waste Transport in the State Emirates Concerned Entities that manage waste management installations and under their supervision allowed to transfer waste from one emirate to another pursuant to the following controls and conditions: 1. Obtain the approvals of the competent authorities; 2. Obligation to transfer the types of waste received by waste management installations only; 3. The transport shall be carried out by a carrier licensed by the Competent Authority in the Emirate exporting the waste to carry out the activity of transporting waste, and with vehicles authorised for the type of transported waste, and equipped with a tracking system; 4. The…

Article (7) By-Products Recycle By-products resulting from industrial processes shall not be deemed as waste if they are usable without being exposed to any additional process after their generation, and they are determined by the Competent Authority in order to achieve the principle of circular economy.

Article (8) Waste Landfills Regulatory Requirements 1. The Competent Authority shall classify the Landfill Cells in Landfills into Landfill Cells for non-hazardous waste and Landfill Cells for hazardous waste; 2. The Competent Authority or the Concerned Entity, as the case may be, shall take the necessary measures to sort and treat waste, with the aim of raising the rate of waste treatment and transferring the remaining waste from the sorting and treatment process to the appropriate Landfill;

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Cabinet Resolution of 2021 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law of 2018 Concerning Integrated Waste Management 8 3. The Competent Authority shall inform the Ministry when…

Article (9) Waste Landfills Technical Requirements First: Waste transferred to Landfill: 1. The following residual waste from the sorting or treatment processes is Landfilled in a non-hazardous Landfill: a. Construction and demolition waste; b. municipal solid waste; c. Agricultural waste; d. Non-hazardous industrial waste; e. Non-hazardous dry sludge resulting from wastewater treatment; and f. Non-hazardous animal waste

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Cabinet Resolution of 2021 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law of 2018 Concerning Integrated Waste Management 9 2. The following residual waste from the sorting or treatment processes is Landfilled in hazardous Landfill: a. hazardous industria…

Article (10) Administrative Penalties Without prejudice to any more severe penalty stipulated in any other legislation, the Competent Authority may impose the following administrative penalties on violating installations: 1. Temporary closure of the installation for a period not exceeding (6) six months, and suspending its license for the same period, and it has the right to issue Resolutions that allow the installation to resume its work before the end of the administrative closure period in case the subject matter of the violation is removed; and 2. Permanent closure of the installation, and withdraw its license in case of failure to remove the causes of the violation after the closure per…

Article (11) Grievance Procedures 1. Resolutions issued pursuant to the provisions of Article (10) of this Resolution may be appealed, provided that the following are adhered to:

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Cabinet Resolution of 2021 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law of 2018 Concerning Integrated Waste Management 15 a. Submit the grievance to the Competent Authority that issued the Resolution to impose the administrative penalty, in accordance with the procedures and within the periods specified by a Resolution of the Competent Authority; and b. The necessary documents explaining the grievance reason attached. 2. The Competent Authority shall issue the Resolution it deems appropriate…

Article (12) Repeals Any provision that violates or contradicts the provisions of this Resolution shall be repealed.

Article (13) Publication and Enforcement of Resolution This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall be enforced as of the day following the date of its publication. Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister Issued by Us: On: Ramadan 09,1442 H Corresponding to: April 21, 2021

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Cabinet Resolution of 2021 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law of 2018 Concerning Integrated Waste Management 16 Annex No. (1) Concerning Treated Wastewater Standards Annexed to Cabinet Resolution No. (39) of 2021 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law No. (12) of 2018 Concerning Integrated Waste Management Table (1-1): Technical Parameters of Waste…