Colectarea, gestionarea, transportul şi eliminarea deşeurilor periculoase – obiectiv al politicilor inteligente de mediu în Uniunea Europeană
Collection, Management, Transport and Disposal of Hazardous Waste – Objective of Smart Environmental Policies in the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The problem of collecting, managing, transporting and disposing hazardous waste is one of the most delicate challenges faced by the member states of the European Union. That is why this paper focuses on the hazardous waste, in a complex and comprehensive approach, referring to all the steps and operations that are undertaken in the aforementioned management process. Thus, the present study addresses the theoretical aspects of waste, starting with the concept of waste and continuing with waste classification, which will encourage a better understanding of its complexity. Thereafter, we shall emphasize the most important normative acts operating in this problematic field (all based on European legislation). The second part of the paper focuses on waste management, in the sense that we will refer to the hazardous substances registration, the labeling of products containing such substances, their transportation and storing, recycling and recovery (when it proves appropriate), as well as to the treatment and disposal (or neutralization) of hazardous substances. Given the importance of these activities which have great consequences on people's health and life, in the last part of the paper we shall refer to the necessary control over the way waste management is undertaken, especially concerning hazardous waste management. Likewise, references to more recently regulated issues will be enunciated, in relation to the extensive responsibility of the producer of goods containing hazardous substances for the environment and for human beings, so as to stimulate the production of environmental friendly goods and services as an essential component of the European Union's newintelligent environmental policies.

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