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  Understanding Waste Disposal Rights: Where Can You Legally Dump Your Waste? Do you have the right to dump waste along the roadside or in any place you think is suitable? You'll find the answer to this question in this article. Let's dive in.  What Is Waste? In section 107 of the National Environmental Health Practice Regulations 2016 , waste is defined as " any item that is discarded as unwanted and any material that can be injurious to health or cause harm to the public and or the environment ." Going by this definition, we can see that almost any unwanted thing can be regarded as waste. Anything that you want to dispose of counts as waste. Even if that thing may not yet be completely useless, it becomes waste the moment you dispose of it. The Position of the Law on Waste Dumping In Nigeria, the position of our law on waste dumping can be found in the National Environmental Health Practice Regulations 2016 (afterwards referred to as "the Regulations"), ...