Waste crime typically includes stockpiling and illegal storage, transport or use of hazardous waste in large amounts. It can include illegally:

• dumping
• transporting
• burying
• hiding
• storing
• abandoning waste materials.

Hazardous waste can be any waste that could be harmful to human health and the environment. This may include:

• chemicals
• asbestos
• industrial cleaning products
• industrial solvents
• contaminated waste.

Waste crime is often fraud-based. Examples of this can include:

• the misclassification of waste
• misuse of waste transport certificates
• acceptance of prescribed waste at unlicensed facilities
• providing waste removal services and then subsequently illegally dumping waste
• providing false or misleading information about waste at a licensed facility.

The state of waste crime in Victoria