Decree No. 3 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection on waste sampling. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste non-domestic sources Waste management Hazardous waste Recycling/reuse Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Abstract The present Decree establishes guidelines for waste sampling of liquid and solid industrial waste and sets the requirements for sampling, conservation, transport and storage thereof. The guidelines shall be used for waste sampling for the purpose of physicochemical analysis with a view of determination of the hazardousness degree of waste, recycling thereof and identification of the sources of environmental pollution. Collection of waste samples shall have as its purpose obtaining average sample with physical, chemical and other properties of waste under examination. Waste sample selection, conservation and storage must ensure invariability of physical, chemical and other properties of waste under examination. Full text Russian Website www.kaznachey.com