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Definition(s)

1) Material, often unusable, left over from any manufacturing, industrial, agricultural or other human processes. (Source: GEMET - HMD / OED)

Hierarchy

Narrower: domestic waste, dumping, effluent waste, electronic waste, hazardous waste, industrial waste, medical waste, organic waste, waste management
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In other languages

French:
  • déchets
Russian:
  • отходы
Spanish:
  • residuos
Arabic:
  • مخلفات - نفايات
Chinese, Simplified:
  • 废料
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with waste

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with waste. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Basel Convention2 articles and paragraphs204 decisions2943 documents
Stockholm Convention1 article or paragraph12 decisions725 documents
Kyoto Protocol2 articles and paragraphs
Rotterdam Convention5 decisions80 documents
Dumping Protocol2 articles and paragraphs
Prevention and Emergency Protocol1 article or paragraph
Offshore Protocol1 article or paragraph
Hazardous Wastes Protocol7 articles and paragraphs
Noumea Convention2 articles and paragraphs
Bamako Convention1 document
Minamata Convention on Mercury1 article or paragraph5 documents
United Nations Environment Assembly1 decision