Order No. 16/2021 establishing Technical Norms for the Characterization of Urban Waste. Country/Territory Cabo Verde Document type Regulation Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Boletim Oficial, Série I, No. 17. Subject Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Classification/declassification Urban land Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste management Waste non-domestic sources Waste prevention Solid waste Monitoring Environmental planning Policy/planning Geographical area Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa Entry into force notes This Order enters into force the day after its publication. Abstract This Order establishes Technical Norms for the Characterization of Urban Waste. The aim of this Order is to regulate and classify all kind of Waste, according to its source, into: a) Urban waste, RU or MSW: waste from households, namely: «Green waste»: waste from cleaning and maintaining gardens, public green spaces, etc.; «Waste from commercial activity»: waste produced by one or more commercial establishments which, by their nature or composition, are similar to waste from households; «Wastes from industrial activity»; «Waste from service activities»: waste similar to waste from households; «Waste from hospital activity»; «Waste from agricultural activity»: waste from agricultural or livestock farming. Waste is classified, according to its hazard, into: «Hazardous waste»: «Non-hazardous waste»: waste that does not have the characteristics of hazardous waste due to its safety for human health or the environment; and «Inert waste»: waste that does not undergo physical changes. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org