ABSTRACT
The production of large quantities of wastes globally has created a new commercial activity involving the transfrontier movements of hazardous wastes, intended to be managed at economically attractive TSDFs. In fact, huge quantities of hazardous wastes apparently travel the world in search of ‘acceptable’ TSDFs. For instance, millions of tonnes of potentially hazardous wastes cross OECD national frontiers each year on their way for recycling or to TSDFs because there is no local disposal capacity for these wastes, or because legal disposal or reuse in a foreign country may be more environmentally sound, or managing the wastes in the foreign country may be less expensive than at home.
