International Trade in Hazardous Wastes

ISBN-13: 9781138973107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str.

D. K. Asante-Duah; I. V. Nagy

Opis

This book discusses the need for a regulated and informed forum for international trade in hazardous waste. It is argued that with careful planning, health and ecological risks can be minimized and net economic benefits realized.

Spis treści

Introduction. Legislative-regulatory controls affecting waste management schemes. Global dimensions of waste disposal practices. The transboundary shipments of hazardous wastes. Controlling the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes. Ramifications of a hazardous waste trade. A conceptual formulation for waste trade evaluations. Assessing the viability of a waste trade program. Towards a global environmental policy-making. An epilogue. List of references.

O autorze

D.K. Asante-Duah, I.V. Nagy