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UNEP Secretariat of the Basel ConventionThe Basel Convention (BC) is a global agreement, ratified by over 160 member countries to address the problems and challenges posed by hazardous waste. The UNEP Secretariat of the Basel Convention have participated in the elaboration of a number of tools and guidelines on HCWM with WHO since 2001.
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Good starting point for documentation dealing with hazardous wastes. Click here to go straight to the page which presents the new regulations controlling emissions from hospital medical infectious waste incinerators. If you want to get the weekly NewsBrief, click here.
Last updated 01.12.2006   WHO > WHO sites > WSH > Healthcare Waste > Search > Links