Dispatch No. 242/96 on hospital waste management. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diario Da Republica, II Serie No. 246, 13 August 1996, pp. 11380 and 11381. Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste disposal Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Classification/declassification Registration Waste management Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Dispatch, composed of 11 articles, rules on hospital waste management. In particular, it provides a classification of hospital waste and regulates its disposal. Moreover, it institutes a special registry for hospital waste. Full text Portuguese