ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Sustainable Waste Management Act
25. Incentives for waste management
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
25. Incentives for waste management
(1)The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to finance, introduce incentives—(a)for locally produced and imported sustainable waste management equipment and materials including collection machines, equipment for recycling, composting, transporting and waste compacting; and(b)to expand private investment in materials recovery and recycling activities.(2)The incentives contemplated under subsection (1) shall apply to—(a)importers of sustainable waste management equipment, air pollution control equipment, recycling and composting equipment;(b)private investors to expand investment in waste recycling and enhance circular economy; and(c)private operators of certain classes of waste management equipment including equipment for recycling and composting.(3)The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to finance, prescribe incentives and make regulations for the preferential use of recovered or recycled materials over newly manufactured materials with no recycled content.