strategy
Monitoring compliance violations of hazardous waste export/import laws
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends developing appropriate national enforcement programmes to monitor compliance with such legislation, detecting and deterring violation through appropriate penalties and giving special attention to those who are known to have conducted illegal traffic in hazardous waste and to hazardous waste that is particularly susceptible to illegal traffic.
Broader:
Developing laws for waste managementPreventing illegal international traffic in hazardous wastes Constrains:
Importing Subjects:
Commerce → Import, exportSocietal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Waste
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Research, Standards → Inspection, tests
Law → Law
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
