Osami Nakasugi

(Regional and Community Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies)

Abstract

Hazardous waste management will become more and more difficult for several reasons. (1) More hazardous chemicals should be controlled. (2) Crossmedia contaminations via hazardous watse disposal should be considered. (3) Reconstructions of cities will produce enormous volumes of contaminated soil. (4) Inadequate dispoals of hazardous waste will increase. (5) Accordance with international hazardous waste management are needed. Hazardous waste must be managed with a series of countermeasures. (1) The amount of hazardous chemicals used must be reduced. (2) More harardous chemicals must be recovered from hazardous waste. (3) Hazardous chemicals included in hazardous waste must be decomposed perfectly. (4) Hazardous waste which includes undecomposed hazardous chemicals must be stored permanently.

Key words: hazardous waste, risk management, perspective