Pakistan, July 13 -- The "National Hazardous Waste Management (NHWM) Policy, 2022" aims to ensure compliance with Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) concerning hazardous waste. It is therefore essential to critically examine this policy to identify various regulatory, infrastructural, technological, financial, and ethical issues that may prevent its effective implementation.

Scott explains institutions as comprising regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive elements that, together with associated activities and resources, provide stability and meaning to social life. The regulative pillar focuses on rules and regulations. The normative pillar directs the behaviour and values of the people responsible for implementation. The...