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Commission notice on technical guidance on the classification of waste · European Union

POPs are a group of different substances or substance groups with different origin. Many POPs are or were intentionally produced pesticides or industrial chemicals which have been used for manifold technical or agricultural applications. Other POPs are produced unintentionally as a by-product e.g. during manufacturing or incineration processes.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07