Article 1 paragraph 16 of Act No. 23/97 on Environmental Management, and Article 1 paragraph 1 of the Governmental Regulation Number 18/1999 (Amended by the Governmental Regulation Number 85/1999) on Hazardous Waste Management define waste as: "waste is the residue of a business and/ or activity".

 

 

Article 1 paragraph 18 of the Act No. 23/97 and Article 1 paragraph 2 of the Governmental Regulation No. 18/1999 (Amended by the Governmental Regulation No. 85/1999) share almost similar definition for Hazardous Waste. Hazardous Waste is the residue/leftover from business activities that contain hazards and/or toxicants due to its nature and/or its concentration and/or its amount which directly as well as indirectly, could pollute and/or deteriorate the environment, and/or harmful to the environment, health, the continuation of human life and other living creatures.