Fig. 5: High risk of improper handling and disposal of wastes.

Illustration of countries at HRIHDW of types I–III wastes and the chemical fingerprints left by these HW in their environment and/or human health. Countries with impact of heavy metals (HM) and persistent organic pollutants (POP) (green), volatile organic compounds (VOC) and HM (purple), VOC, HM and POP (red), VOC and POP (yellow) are illustrated. Map tiles by Bjorn Sandvik, under CC BY-SA 3.0 available at http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php.