Key Vulnerabilities and Limitations in the Management of Hazardous Waste and Its Disposal: A Checklist Assessment Tool
Rob White, Diane Heckenberg
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DOI: 10.4236/jep.2011.29145   PDF    HTML     6,617 Downloads   11,152 Views   Citations

Abstract

From an environmental protection perspective, the crucial issues pertaining to the policing of hazardous waste relate to both the vulnerabilities and limitations of current practices, and the potential issues that demand attention in the here and now, to alleviate future calamity. This paper describes the process involved in developing a vulnerabilities and limitations checklist that provides a relatively simple yet multi-pronged approach to assessing present and future environmental harms and crimes within the hazardous waste sector. Although it was not the intention of the authors to develop a generic checklist, this tool may prove useful to other industry sectors.

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R. White and D. Heckenberg, "Key Vulnerabilities and Limitations in the Management of Hazardous Waste and Its Disposal: A Checklist Assessment Tool," Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 2 No. 9, 2011, pp. 1257-1263. doi: 10.4236/jep.2011.29145.

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