ENVIS CENTRE ON HAZARDOUS WASTES National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur      



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• Status of hazardous waste management at national and international level
• Current research activities in the field of hazardous waste management
• Various technologies / know-how produced in the field of hazardous waste management
• Conferences/treaties , enactments and policies
• Emerging issues in the field of hazardous waste management
• Challenges in the field of hazardous waste management
• Activities related to sustainable development , with special reference to hazardous waste management
• Events that are taking place in the field of hazardous waste management
• News and views