Hazard status of waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap
Guidance paper
Environment Australia, October 1999
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About the paper
The Department of the Environment and Heritage is responsible for the implementation and administration of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 (‘Act’). The Act implements Australia’s obligations under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (‘Basel Convention’).
This paper has been prepared by Environment Australia on the basis of advice from the Hazardous Waste Technical Group, which has been established under the Act to provide advice to the Department of the Environment and Heritage on the operation of the Hazardous Waste Act and related issues arising from Australia’s implementation of the Basel Convention. This paper is current as at October 1999.
If you require further information on the operation of the Act, or about this guidance paper, please phone 02 6274 1411, facsimile 02 6274 1164 or email hwa@environment.gov.au.
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