Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Management: International Norms and their Implementation in India
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We have discussed the five international instruments and India’s obligations as a member state in the first part of the paper followed by the status of chemicals and hazardous management in the country by analysing the national inventory of hazardous wastes from 2016-2022. In the final segment, we have summarised our findings and provided our independent opinion on measures that may be taken for the sound management of chemical and hazardous wastes in the country.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5102/rdi.v22i1.9735
ISSN 2236-997X (impresso) - ISSN 2237-1036 (on-line)
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