Decree No.5606 of 2019: Determining the principles of hazardous waste management. País/Territorio Líbano Tipo de documento Reglamento Fecha 2019 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Medio ambiente gen., Desechos y sustancias peligrosas Palabra clave Residuos sólidos Gestión de desechos Autorización/permiso Recopilación de datos/informes Residuos peligrosos Manejo integrado Envasado/etiquetado Monitoreo Protección del medio ambiente Transporte/depósito Eliminación de desechos Prevención de residuos Área geográphica Asia, Mediterráneo, Medio Oriente, Africa del Norte y Cercano Oriente, Asia Occidental Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Resumen This Decree consisting of 43 articles aims at specifying the fundamentals of hazardous waste management under the Law of Integrated Solid Waste Management. This includes (i) a characterization and a classification of these wastes; (ii) the establishment of an appropriate monitoring and controlling system to control the operations of generation, sorting, collection, transport, storage, recovery, treatment, and final disposal of hazardous wastes, aiming at minimizing the negative impacts on the environment. Non-hazardous, radioactive, and infectious waste are exempted from the provisions of this Decree. The Ministry of Environment shall prepare and update a national inventory of hazardous wastes from all its sources of generation (art.7). Article 8 encourages reducing the generation of hazardous wastes by adopting integrated environmental management, using less harmful raw materials such as environmentally friendly alternatives, and using the best available techniques. Each hazardous waste generator must declare about his activity by filling out the waste data survey (art.9) and is obliged to label the containers designed for the storage of hazardous waste (art.11). Texto completo Inglés/Árabe Página web www.moe.gov.lb Referencias - Legislación Implementa Law No.80 of 2018 on Integrated Solid Waste Management. Legislación | Líbano | 2018 Palabra clave: Gestión de desechos, Residuos sólidos, Eliminación de desechos, Residuos domésticos, Prevención de residuos, Aguas subterráneas, Aguas superficiales, Salud pública, Principio de cautela, Principio contaminador-pagador, Control de la contaminación, Residuos peligrosos, Legislación básica, Reciclado/reutilización, Subvención/incentivo, Procesamiento/manipulación, Infracciones/sanciones, Contaminación de las aguas dulces Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX