Antarctic Environmental Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Wastes to be removed

37 The waste management plan must provide that the permit holder will remove from the Antarctic, before the permit expires, any of the following wastes that the permit holder brought into the Antarctic or produced while there:

• (a) radioactive materials;

• (b) electrical batteries;

• (c) fuel, both solid and liquid;

• (d) wastes containing heavy metals or toxic persistent organic compounds;

• (e) polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane foam, polystyrene foam, rubber, electronic scrap, lubricating oils, treated wood or wood products and other products that contain additives that could produce harmful emissions if incinerated;

• (f) all other plastic wastes, except low-density polyethylene containers (such as bags for storing wastes) if those containers are incinerated in accordance with section 38;

• (g) fuel drums, except if their removal would result in a greater adverse environmental impact than leaving them in their existing locations;

• (h) other solid, non-combustible wastes, except if their removal would result in a greater adverse environmental impact than leaving them in their existing locations;

• (i) the solid residue of combustible wastes burned in an incinerator referred to in section 38;

• (j) unless they are incinerated, autoclaved or otherwise treated to be made sterile,

  • (i) residues of carcasses of imported animals,

  • (ii) laboratory cultures of micro-organisms and plant pathogens, and

  • (iii) introduced avian products;

• (k) any other liquid wastes, including sewage and domestic liquid wastes.