PART II | General waste collector’s licence |
3. Any person who wishes to carry on the business of —| (a) | collecting or transporting general waste for payment or other remuneration (whether monetary or otherwise); or | | (b) | collecting or transporting from any food establishment (whether or not licensed under section 32 of the Act or section 21 of the Sale of Food Act 1973) used cooking oil, [S 460/2023 wef 31/12/2021] |
| may apply for a general waste collector’s licence under regulation 4. |
[S 387/2019 wef 13/05/2019] |
| 4.—(1) An application for the grant or renewal of a general waste collector’s licence must, where the applicant employs any resident waste collection worker, be accompanied by a progressive wage plan that complies with the requirements in paragraph (3). [S 460/2023 wef 01/07/2023] (2) Every applicant must provide, in such form as the Director‑General may require —| (a) | the following particulars of the applicant:| (i) | the applicant’s full name; | | (ii) | the address of the applicant’s registered office or place of business; | | (iii) | the applicant’s telephone number and email address; |
| | (b) | the following particulars of each worker employed by the applicant to carry out general waste collection, including any driver or crew member of a vehicle owned or used by the applicant for general waste collection:| (i) | the worker’s full name and nationality; | | (ii) | the worker’s identification number or work permit number; | | (iii) | the worker’s Workforce Skills Qualifications certificate number; |
| | (c) | the following details of each vehicle owned or used by the applicant for the collection and transportation of general waste from a collection point to a disposal facility:| (i) | the vehicle registration number; | | (ii) | the type of waste that may be carried in the vehicle; |
| | (d) | the following details of any equipment owned or used by the applicant for the purposes of general waste collection:| (i) | the total number of hook‑lift systems; | | (ii) | for each hook‑lift system, the inspection report issued by a workshop accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council; | | (iii) | the total number of compactors and open‑top containers; | | (iv) | for each compactor or open‑top container, the inspection report issued by a workshop accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council; |
| | (e) | the address and telephone number of the yard or depot at which the vehicles and equipment mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (c) and (d) are kept; | | (f) | the following information on the general waste to be collected:| (i) | the types and quantities of general waste; | | (ii) | the disposal facilities (including recycling facilities) to which the general waste will be transported; and |
| | (g) | any other information that the Director‑General may require in any particular case. [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
[S 460/2023 wef 01/07/2023] |
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the progressive wage plan must contain and be accompanied by all of the following information and documents in respect of every resident waste collection worker that the applicant employs who belongs to the class or a class of waste collection workers specified in the section 31DA Order (waste collection workers):| (a) | full name; | | (b) | sex; | | (c) | job title; | | (d) | nationality; | | (e) | whether the resident waste collection worker is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore; | | (f) | identification number; | | (g) | the date on which the employment of the resident waste collection worker by the applicant commenced; | | (h) | whether the resident waste collection worker is engaged as a full-time employee, part-time employee or casual employee; | | (i) | the aggregate number of hours that the resident waste collection worker is required to work per week under his contract of service with the applicant; | | (j) | the baseline wage payable to the resident waste collection worker under his contract of service with the applicant; | | (k) | the manner of calculating the overtime payment payable to the resident waste collection worker; | | (l) | the amount of progressive wage model bonus that is payable to the resident waste collection worker, and the frequency at which the progressive wage model bonus is to be paid; | | (m) | the training records of the resident waste collection worker, that set out the training courses that the resident waste collection worker has attended, and the frequency of such attendance; | | (n) | a copy of every Workforce Skills Qualification certificate that is issued to the resident waste collection worker; | | (o) | where the application is for a renewal of a general waste collector’s licence —| (i) | the amount of every progressive wage model bonus that was paid to the resident waste collection worker in the calendar year preceding the date on which the application is made and the date of such payment; | | (ii) | the number of hours that the resident waste collection worker has worked overtime in the month preceding the date on which the application is made, the total amount paid to the resident waste collection worker as overtime pay for work done in those hours and the rate at which the overtime pay is calculated; and | | (iii) | the amount of the baseline wage that was paid to the resident waste collection worker for the month preceding the date on which the application is made. |
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(4) In this regulation, “identification number” means —| (a) | in the case of an individual who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore and who has been issued with an identity card under the National Registration Act 1965, his Singapore identity card number (including the letters that form the prefix and suffix to the identity card number); or | | (b) | in the case of any other individual, the country that issued his passport followed by his passport number. |
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| 5. The licensee shall pay an annual licence fee of $195 except that where the licensee is a licensed toxic industrial waste collector under the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations (Rg 11) he shall be exempted from payment of the licence fee. [S 792/2014 wef 01/01/2015] [S 707/2017 wef 01/01/2018] |
| Factors determining granting of licence |
6. The Director-General, in determining whether to grant or renew or refuse to grant or renew a general waste collector’s licence, shall generally have regard to —| (a) | the suitability of the types of collection vehicles in use or intended to be used for the collection and transportation of general waste from the collection point to the disposal facility; [S 562/2008 wef 01/11/2008] [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016] | | (b) | the financial standing of the applicant and his ability to maintain an adequate, satisfactory, safe, hygienic and efficient collection service for general waste; [S 562/2008 wef 01/11/2008] [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016] [S 460/2023 wef 01/07/2023] | | (c) | the competency of the applicant’s workers to operate the vehicles and equipment mentioned in regulation 4(2)(c) and (d) in a safe manner, including by using suitable personal protective equipment; [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016] [S 460/2023 wef 01/07/2023] | | (d) | whether the progressive wage plan complies with the requirements in regulation 4(3); [S 460/2023 wef 01/07/2023] | | (e) | whether such proportion of the waste collection workers that the applicant employs have attended such training and at such frequency as the Director-General may specify; and [S 460/2023 wef 01/07/2023] | | (f) | where the application is for the renewal of a general waste collector’s licence, whether the applicant had complied with the licence conditions of the general waste collector’s licence that is the subject of the application, including the licence conditions in regulation 7AA. [S 460/2023 wef 01/07/2023] |
[S 460/2023 wef 01/07/2023] |
| Changes to information submitted |
7.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), every licensee must, at 6-monthly intervals starting on the date on which the licensee’s application for the grant or renewal of a general waste collector’s licence is granted, notify the Director-General by written notice of all the changes to the following that had occurred in the 6-month period immediately preceding the date of the written notice, if any:| (a) | information contained in the licensee’s application for the grant or renewal of the licensee’s general waste collector’s licence or any document accompanying the licensee’s application; | | (b) | particulars of the progressive wage plan that was provided by the licensee with the licensee’s application for the grant or renewal of the licensee’s general waste collector’s licence; | | (c) | any other information the licensee provided to the Director-General for the purposes of the licensee’s application for the grant or renewal of the licensee’s general waste collector’s licence. |
| (2) Where there is any change in the particulars of the progressive wage plan that was provided by the licensee with the licensee’s application for the grant or renewal of the licensee’s general waste collector’s licence, the written notice mentioned in paragraph (1) in respect of such change must be accompanied by a progressive wage plan that complies with regulation 4(3) and reflects the change. |
| (3) A licensee must notify the Director-General in writing of any change in the licensee’s business address within 7 days of such change. |
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| Conditions of general waste collector’s licence |
7AA.—(1) For the purposes of section 31AA(1) of the Act, the following conditions are imposed on every licensee:| (a) | the licensee must enter into a contract of service in writing with each waste collection worker employed by the licensee; | | (b) | every contract of service entered into between the licensee and every resident waste collection worker must provide for the payment of a baseline wage, a progressive wage model bonus and an overtime payment to the resident waste collection worker, that —| (i) | is not less than the minimum amount of baseline wage, minimum amount of progressive wage model bonus and minimum amount of overtime payment, respectively; and | | (ii) | in the case of a progressive wage model bonus, is at the frequency, |
| specified by the section 31DA Order (waste collection workers) for the class of waste collection workers to which the resident waste collection worker belongs; |
| | (c) | the licensee must ensure that every waste collection worker employed by the licensee satisfies the training requirements as may be specified by the Director-General for the class of waste collection workers to which the waste collection worker belongs; | | (d) | the licensee must not deploy any individual who is not employed by the licensee to carry out any waste collection work, unless the individual is a waste collection worker employed by another licensee; | | (e) | the licensee must keep the records, accounts or documents specified in paragraph (2) for the period of retention specified in paragraph (3). |
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), the records, accounts or documents are —| (a) | the accounts of the licensee’s business or activities that the licensee is authorised to carry out under the licensee’s general waste collector’s licence; | | (b) | a copy of the contract of service between the licensee and every waste collection worker —| (i) | who is in the licensee’s employ as at the date of the licensee’s application for the grant or renewal of the licensee’s general waste collector’s licence; or | | (ii) | who is employed by the licensee after that date, |
| including any amendment, variation or addition to the contract of service; |
| | (c) | the detailed job description of every waste collection worker; | | (d) | the pay records of every waste collection worker the licensee employs in respect of payments to the waste collection worker on or after 1 July 2023, including a breakdown of the baseline wage, progressive wage model bonus and overtime payment paid to the waste collection worker; | | (e) | the records of every amount that is paid by the licensee into the Central Provident Fund in respect of every waste collection worker under section 7(1) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953, which is recoverable by the licensee under section 7(2) of that Act; and | | (f) | the records of the training that every waste collection worker has attended on or after 1 July 2023. |
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(3) The period of retention mentioned in paragraph (1)(e) is —| (a) | in the case of the accounts specified in paragraph (2)(a) — 4 years after the end of the period to which the accounts relate; | | (b) | in the case of the contract of service specified in paragraph (2)(b), the detailed job description specified in paragraph (2)(c) and the records specified in paragraph (2)(f) — 4 years after the end of the employment of the waste collection worker to whom that contract of service, job description and records relate; and | | (c) | in the case of the records specified in paragraph (2)(d) and (e) — 4 years after the date on which the payment concerned was made. |
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| Collection of recyclable waste for recycling |
| 7A.—(1) No licensee shall collect any recyclable waste for recycling from any premises unless the licensee is a holder of a permit issued under regulation 7B. [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016] | (2) In this regulation, “premises” means any premises designated by the Director-General in any area under section 8(2) of the Act. [S 480/2002 wef 01/10/2002] [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
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| Application for permit for collection of recyclable waste for recycling |
| 7B.—(1) Every application for a permit to collect recyclable waste for recycling shall be made to the Director-General in such form as the Director-General may determine. [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016] | (2) The Director-General may, if he thinks fit, issue a permit to any person who makes an application under paragraph (1). |
(3) A permit issued under paragraph (2) —| (a) | shall specify the areas within which a permit holder may operate; and | | (b) | may contain such conditions on the permit holder as the Director-General may impose. [S 480/2002 wef 01/10/2002] [S 585/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
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