Transboundary hazardous waste management. Part I: Waste management policy of importing countries

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 505-513

  Fan, Kuo Shuh ^a   Chang, Chin Tien ^b   Ni, Shih Piao ^c   Lee, Ching Hwa ^d  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^d DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basel Convention; Environmentally sound management; Hazardous waste; Taiwan's waste export; Transboundary treatment; Wmr 765 4

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PUBLIC POLICY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; TRANSBOUNDARY HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE IMPORT; WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PUBLIC POLICY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION POLICY; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CHINA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LICENSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MONITORING; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FAR EAST; FINLAND; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749426740     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X05060965     Document Type: Article

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