Waste Disposal Act Article 2

For the purpose of this Act, “waste” means any movable solid or liquid substance or object:I.Which is discarded;II.Whose original purpose is weakened, given up, no longer existing, or unclear;III.Which is resulted from construction, manufacturing, processing, repairing, selling, or other activities, and is not deliberately created;IV.Which is resulted from production process, with no feasible technology existing, and is of no economic or market value;V.Which is announced as “waste” by central competent authority.The waste referred to in the preceding paragraph is divided into “general waste” and “industrial waste.”I.General waste refers to waste that is not industrial waste.II.Industrial waste refers to waste that is produced from industry activities (but excluding waste generated by the employees themselves), including “hazardous industrial waste” and “general industrial waste.”A.Hazardous industrial waste: waste produced by industry that is toxic or dangerous with the concentration or volume sufficient to influence human health or pollute the environment.B.General industrial waste: waste produced by industry that is not hazardous industrial waste.The central competent authority in consultation with the central industry competent authority shall enact determination standards for the hazardous industrial waste referred to in the foregoing paragraph.The disposal of ionizing radioactive waste shall be performed in accordance with the relevant atomic energy regulations.The industry referred to in Paragraph 2 means agricultural, industrial and mining plants and sites, construction enterprises, medical organizations, public and private waste clearance and disposal organizations, joint industrial waste clearance and disposal organizations, laboratories of schools or agency groups and other enterprises designated by the central competent authority.
中文原文 廢棄物清理法第2條
本法所稱廢棄物,指下列能以搬動方式移動之固態或液態物質或物品:
一、被拋棄者。
二、減失原效用、被放棄原效用、不具效用或效用不明者。
三、於營建、製造、加工、修理、販賣、使用過程所產生目的以外之產物。
四、製程產出物不具可行之利用技術或不具市場經濟價值者。
五、其他經中央主管機關公告者。
前項廢棄物,分下列二種:
一、一般廢棄物:指事業廢棄物以外之廢棄物。
二、事業廢棄物:指事業活動產生非屬其員工生活產生之廢棄物,包括有害事業廢棄物及一般事業廢棄物。
(一)有害事業廢棄物:由事業所產生具有毒性、危險性,其濃度或數量足以影響人體健康或污染環境之廢棄物。
(二)一般事業廢棄物:由事業所產生有害事業廢棄物以外之廢棄物。
前項有害事業廢棄物認定標準,由中央主管機關會商中央目的事業主管機關定之。
游離輻射之放射性廢棄物之清理,依原子能相關法令之規定。
第二項之事業,係指農工礦廠(場)、營造業、醫療機構、公民營廢棄物清除處理機構、事業廢棄物共同清除處理機構、學校或機關團體之實驗室及其他經中央主管機關指定之事業。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.