The Cairo-BCRC as the implementing agent of the project “Preparation of a set of tools for the selection, design and operation of hazardous waste landfills in hyper-dry areas” funded under the Strategic Plan of the Basel Convention with the financial and technical support from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention; has the honor to release as an output of the project, a set of three guidelines entitled: 

• Guidelines for hazardous waste landfill site selection and EIA in hyper-dry areas. 
• Guidelines for hazardous waste landfill site design in hyper-dry areas, and 
• Guidelines for hazardous waste landfill site operation, monitoring and aftercare in hyper-dry areas.

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