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T1 Environmental Guidelines for Handling Treatment and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 18
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 environmentally hazardous substance
K1 hazardous waste
K1 waste treatment
K1 waste disposal
K1 toxic waste management
YR 1990
FD 1990
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29039
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29039
NO Concern regarding the handling, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes is growing, as is the need to develop appropriate hazardous waste management strategies. Questions are being asked about suitable actions and available options. Emphasis is on the need for information and adequate management plans, and is prompted by recognition and better understanding of the threats and costs posed by such wastes in terms of human health, welfare, natural resources and the environment; exponential increase in waste volumes produced; increasingly limited availability of disposal locations; a growing awareness of the transboundary nature of pollution; and the emergence of an inadequately regulated transboundary trade in highly toxic waste material.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026