The toxic waste trade: international regulatory issues and options.

The article highlights some cases of waste-trading where industrialized countries agreed with developing countries to dump their hazardous materials in these sites where the necessary environmental controls, regulatory infrastructure and public opinion are less developed. It presents a structural model of the waste production, handling and final disposal processes in defining the uncertainties and regulatory options. Lastly, it suggests that regulatory concerns should focus more on the point of production of the wastes and on better ordering of the ill-defined organizational environmental condition that make up waste life-cycles and their risks.