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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… chain. Access to essential information: when a chemical or substance is subject to a legislative restriction somewhere … SMEs can be achieved through introducing and adopting alternative substances and related technologies. For over 25 … (PVC) carpet tile (24-inch squares) backing with an alternative, we reduced its weight by 40 per cent; lowered …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on hazardous waste from the production and use of organic solvents (Y16)

… 60 substances fall into this category. Annex 1 lists these substance, together with some information on their … to be able to continue with his commercial activity. His alternative would be to arrange for all the waste to be taken … all his ongoing solvent requirements. The cost of this alternative depends clearly on the particular solvent …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… Study, 2011. Cost of remediation Cost of drinkable water alternative Loss of "ecosystem services" Health spending … are often mixed with municipal waste due to the lack of an alternative collection and disposal system, and the failure … weight Low / No packaging Educate rich consumers Promote alternative collaborative consumption Recover energy and heat …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Regional instruments on hazardous wastes- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… development of a number of other conventions on hazardous substance at the regional level and to the amendment of … to specifically include provisions for hazardous substance. Article 11 of the Basel Convention encourages … recovery, recycling, reclamation, direct re-use or alternative uses. This is allowed only if the state of import …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… waste disposal facilities, es- tablishment of hazardous substance handling facilities, and recovery or incineration …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines: General technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants

… Stobiecki, S. et al, 2001. Disposal of pesticides as an alternative fuel in cement kiln: project outline. 6th …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether, or tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether

… S., J. et al, 2001. “Disposal of pesticides as an alternative fuel in cement kiln: project outline”, in 6th …
20 Jun 2026 Document

A review of the matrix-based management approach and organization of the Secretariats of the Basel Convention and the Stockholm Convention and the UNEP-part of the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention

20 Jun 2026 Document