ARM: Armenia Country Fact Sheet

National definition of waste used for the purpose of transboundary movements of waste exists in Armenia. National definition of wastes (industrial and household) is given in the National “Law on Wastes” (Part one, article 4 “Definition”), adopted on November 24, 2004 (AL-159-N): 1) industrial and household wastes /hereinafter - wastes/ - wastes arising in the process of industrial or household consumption of raw materials, compounds, products and by-products, other production or food processing remains, as well as manufactured goods/produce that lost the initial consumer properties; 17) waste transboundary movement – transportation of wastes from the area of a country to the area of another country or ever some area that is out of jurisdiction of any country, on condition that such transportation of wastes relates to benefits of at least two countries.