Draft practical guidance for the development of inventories of waste oils
This guidance aims to provide practical instructions to assist Parties and others in developing an inventory of waste oil. It is meant to be used in conjunction with the Methodological guide for the development of inventories of hazardous wastes under the Basel Convention [1] which provides complementary guidance on the methods of developing national inventories for the preparation of national reports. Accordingly, this guidance proposed an approach for developing inventories that is consistent with the one contained in the Methodological guide.
The main objective of developing an inventory of waste oil is to obtain information on the amount of such waste generated in a country, its disposal, and transboundary movement. Knowledge of the amount of waste oil generated provides a sound basis for their environmentally sound management (ESM) [2]. This information can be used to develop appropriate policies and strategies for the collection and disposal of waste oil and is an important input into the planning of oil recycling and disposal facilities. In addition, the development of the inventory can provide insight into the effectiveness of the control system in place in a country to regulate the transboundary movements of waste oil.