Classification and management of asbestos-containing waste: European legislation and the Italian experience.

Objective: Production of a new classification of Asbestos Containing Products (ACPs), materials (ACM) and Asbestos Containing Waste (ACW), in addition to a correct identification of landfills where ACW should be disposed of in Europe.

Methods: Analysis of the European and Italian legislation, study of waste classification and management in the main European countries, data analysis of mapping of Italian landfills and quantification of ACW disposed there.

Findings: Classification according to unique criteria (physical state, substances with which asbestos minerals have been blended, function of the asbestos, etc.