Question

Why was a treaty among 105 nations needed to regulate international shipping of hazardous wastes?

Answer 1

A treaty among 105 nations needed to regulate international shippinh of hazardous wates in order to help prevent wastes from being dumped in developing nations.

Hazardous waste is waste that has substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment. Characteristic hazardous wastes are materials that are known or tested to exhibit one or more of hazardous traits such as: ignitability , reactivity , corrosivity  or toxicity.

Answer 2

The reason why there was a treaty among nations of 105 in which there is a need to regulate international shipping of hazardous waste was because of a way of preventing the hazardous waste from being able to be dumped from nations that are only developing in which is not the proper way of disposing or shipping the hazardous waste.