banned waste

The treaty also says parties to the treaty shall prohibit shipments of hazardous waste to nations that have banned waste imports.

Options could include info-tagging bags or cans with banned waste, or assessing fines, although Kosmak prefers gentler re-education of residents.

Buyers, aware that generators of a banned waste material have nowhere else to turn, often respond by paying much lower prices for the material than the true market value.

Today, the Italian Cabinet approved a decree that in effect banned waste exports to third-world countries and that ordered every region in Italy to prepare waste treatment plans.