Obligations and Responsibility of States in the Protection and Conservation of Environment against Wastes, With an Emphasis on Hazardous Wastes

Contamination from wastes is one of the fundamental human concerns. There are international instruments on environment which have considered responsibilities for States in a way that they have to protect the environment from waste. In this context, this paper examines various and common obligations of States in the conservation and protection of the environment against wastes (particularly hazardous wastes) and the proper ways they can manage their disposal. This paper concludes that though international instruments on environment have provided rules on the proper management of wastes, what is needed to extend national and international cooperation on monitoring States activities as bodies should play a more effective role in combating pollution resulting from wastes, particularly hazardous wastes.