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Ministerial Decree No. 511 on classification of hazardous waste.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous waste Classification/declassification Waste management
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

This Ministerial Decree establishes criteria for the classification of hazardous waste that shall apply to all individual entrepreneurs and legal persons whose activity results in the creation of hazardous waste. Such persons must classify their activities in accordance with the established scheme, which shall be structured in four grades according to the level of hazard: (a) extremely high; (b) high; (c) medium; and (d) low. The Ministerial Decree establishes calculation formula for the determination of class of hazard and environmental risks.

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