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. Full text Russian Website cfo.allbusiness.ru