Definition: Hazardous waste

Category: Environment

Hazardous waste refers to the categories of waste to be controlled according to national legislation on hazardous waste or the Basle Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal (Article 1 and Annex I).
Source:
Joint OECD/Eurostat Questionnaire 2002 on the State of the Environment, section on Waste
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