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Story: Government warning over hazardous IT waste

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

The menace of hazardous waste is always tried to be regulated both by the Public International Law as well as by the Municipal/State law. All countries of the world have rules, regulations and laws in place to take care of hazardous waste. Thus, a country has to take care of both International Treaties and Conventions on the one hand and its own nation on the other.

The Internation Rules and Regulations prohibits, or at least regulate, the dealings in hazardous wastes and their dealings are confined to highly regulated spheres only. This is because they are harmful to the environment at large.

That is why there is a provision called Anti Dumping measures that all countries invoke to prevent itself from being converted into a large dumping yard.

Further, donation of used computers to underdeveloped and developing nations may also attract the wrath of Anti-dumping measures and other laws prohibiting import and dumping of hazardous waste .

Thus, countries must think about an alternative arrangement right now as it is high time to take care of hazardous waste.

The present requirement is to achieve "sustainable development" without compromising the "environmental concerns".

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