{"id":23577,"date":"2025-03-26T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/new_site2\/?page_id=23577"},"modified":"2025-04-17T07:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:34:54","slug":"licences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/licences\/","title":{"rendered":"Licences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-2\" id=\"block-1\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-top-sm u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"fr-view u-clearfix u-rich-text u-text u-text-1\">\n          <h1><span style=\"font-size: 2.230769230769231rem;\">Environmental Licences<\/span>\n          <\/h1>\n          <p>National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) currently issues the following licences as prescribed in the National Environment Act Cap 181.<\/p>\n          <ul>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem; font-weight: 700;\">Waste storage licence<\/li>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem; font-weight: 700;\">Waste transportation licence<\/li>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem; font-weight: 700;\">Waste treatment and disposal licence<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <p>To apply for an environmental licence please visit <a class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-link u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-1\" href=\"https:\/\/eservices.nema.go.ug\/revenue-streams\" target=\"\">ELMIS <\/a>and for more information please <a class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-link u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/contact-us-3\/\" target=\"\">contact us <\/a>for guidance.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"u-widget u-widget-1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"widget widget_recent_entries\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">News Updates<\/h2>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-ministry-of-water-and-environment-halt-illegal-sand-mining-in-lwera-wetland\/\">NEMA and Ministry of Water And Environment Halt Illegal Sand Mining in Lwera Wetland<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">July 23, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-unoc-strengthen-collaboration-on-strategic-oil-and-gas-projects\/\">NEMA and UNOC Strengthen Collaboration on Strategic Oil and Gas Projects<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">July 21, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/air-quality-live\/\">Air Quality Live<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">July 8, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/umu-nema-and-owsd-champion-science-and-partnerships-for-environmental-sustainability\/\">UMU, NEMA and OWSD Champion Science and Partnerships for Environmental Sustainability<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">July 1, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-agrees-with-stakeholders-on-restoration-of-kalungu-wetland\/\">NEMA Agrees with Stakeholders on Restoration of Kalungu Wetland<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">June 26, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-sustainability-champions\/\">Uganda Celebrates Sustainability Champions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">June 19, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/government-of-uganda-to-revive-national-cleaning-days\/\">Government of Uganda to Revive National Cleaning Days<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">June 19, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-reviews-guidelines-action-plan-and-national-strategy-for-chemicals-management-in-uganda\/\">NEMA Reviews Guidelines, Action Plan And National Strategy for Chemicals Management in Uganda<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">June 11, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/neam-and-partners-launch-restoration-of-degraded-kyangwali-landscape-in-kikuube-district\/\">NEMA and Partners Launch Restoration of Degraded Kyangwali Landscape in Kikuube District<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">June 8, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-world-environment-day-2026\/\">Uganda Celebrates World Environment Day 2026<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">June 5, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-inaugurates-a-technical-committee-on-management-of-chemical-in-uganda\/\">NEMA Inaugurates a Technical Committee on Management of Chemical in Uganda<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">June 4, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-concludes-restoration-of-lubigi-wetland\/\">NEMA Concludes Restoration of Lubigi Wetland<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">May 29, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-celebrates-international-day-for-biodiversity-by-planting-15000-indigenous-trees\/\">NEMA Celebrates International Day for Biodiversity by Planting 15,000+ Indigenous Trees.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">May 25, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/impersonation-alert\/\">Impersonation Alert<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">May 23, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/postponement-of-world-environment-day-2026-commemoration\/\">Postponement of World Environment Day 2026 Commemoration<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">May 20, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Licences National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) currently issues the following licences as prescribed in the National Environment Act Cap 181. Waste storage licence Waste transportation licence Waste treatment and disposal licence To apply for an environmental licence please visit ELMIS and for more information please contact us for guidance. News Updates NEMA and Ministry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/licences\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Licences&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23577"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26333,"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23577\/revisions\/26333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}