1. To recommend and implement policies, plans and strategies for Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management (SWPCM) services.
2. To implement, encourage participation and raise public awareness of SWPCM awareness programmes and services.
3. To enforce and implement SWPCM-related laws.
4. To regulate the performance of companies providing SWPCM services.
5. To identify environmentally-friendly, safe, and cost-effective technologies, and to conduct research related to the development of SWPCM services.
6. To incorporate recycling practices and waste separation at source (SAS) systematically while emphasising sustainable development aspects, incorporating economic, political and social dimensions.
7. To process new applications, renewals and cancellations/suspensions of solid waste management service provider licences up to the recommendation stage for JPSPN.
