Transportation and collection

The transportation permit shall include:

Types and quantities of waste ;
Technical requirements and procedures for collection, transportation, separation, storage, treatment, conversion and disposal;
Precautions taken to ensure safety conditions;
The collection, separation, storage and disposal site.
    
Authorization is granted only after completion of approval procedures for impact assessment in accordance with regulations.
              
Hazardous waste removal and transportation must be carried out by specialized and trained companies.
Application for transportation authorization shall indicate :

Staff know-how;
Ability of the means of transport;
Insurance to pay for damages (Art. 34 al. 2 of law 96-41).

The law provides for authorizations with specific conditions and a time limit. 

Conditions can be the following limitations:

On the collection area;
On the roads to use;
On the kind of waste and containers/trucks to use.

Normally, the transportation of hazardous waste is subject to the provisions on the transportation of dangerous materials in addition to those of the law on waste. The international regulation on the carriage of dangerous goods by roads (ADR), to which Tunisia subscribed, involves a number of obligations; for example, an appropriate indication (plate) must be affixed to the carrying vehicle indicating the nature of the carried materials and of the risks. 

Legal basis :

Law no. 97-37 of 2 June 1997, on the carriage of dangerous goods by road and order of the Minister of Transport of 19 January 2000, establishing warning labels and distinctive indications concerning the carriage of dangerous materials by road.
 
A detailed handbook on the management of chemical waste from laboratories was implemented and can be downloaded.