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… ferro-alloys; oil and gas extraction and transport; and industrial and some hazardous waste incineration. Present day anthropogenic emissions … been larger than natural emissions since the start of the industrial age about 200 years Executive Summary i UNEP … Chemicals and Waste …

… devices, cosmetics, lamps, batteries, and in several industrial processes. Mercury is highly toxic and persistent … with about 40% of global anthropogenic emissions. The main industrial sources of atmospheric mercury are coal burning, … sediments. Other intentional-use release sectors include waste from consumer products (including metal recycling), the …

… mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea (8%) and off-shore activity (1%). Land-based sources include sewage outfalls, industrial discharges, runoff from urban stormwater and … the operation of a vessel for the purpose of discharging waste, as that is dumping. Pollution from vessels can take …

… means levels determined in accordance with Article 3. 8. “Industrial rationalization” means the transfer of all or a … Parties operating under Article 5 and for the purposes of industrial rationalization between Parties. 2. Each Party … of the Parties, the following technology: Municipal solid waste incinerators (for foams containing ozone-depleting …