Hazardous waste: Recognition of the problem and response

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 462-477

  Harjula, Henrik ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Hazardous chemicals; Hazardous waste; PRTRs; Shipment of waste; Waste controls

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WASTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LAW; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845682053     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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