Waste from road maintenance should be minimized and transported to approved landfill or incineration sites to safely dispose of environmentally harmful materials. Local authorities can provide information on approved waste disposal locations. Polluted soil may also occasionally need to be removed and disposed of properly according to regulations to control hazardous wastes and protect the environment and human health.

1. should be minimized. All countries participating in the ROADEX project have
requirements on how waste should be dealt with. It is particularly important that
environmentally harmful waste should be transported to landfill or incineration plants
intended for this purpose. Information on where such plants are located can be
obtained from the local or regional supervisory authority. Another problem that may
arise but is not common in the Northern Periphery is polluted soil, where it may be
necessary to remove and dispose of such materials.
Dangerous, also known as hazardous, waste poses a great risk to the environment and
also to human health. Hazardous wastes are controlled by strict regulations (by
European Union and local authorities). These regulations mean additional record
keeping, monitoring and control obligations are required for these products.