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

… 8 Annex 2 Some Solvent Uses/Waste Generation by Industry…………………………………….. 10 iii INTRODUCTION 1. Many organic … synthetic processes. Users include many sectors of industry and commerce, not to mention some domestic applications. Particular industry user sectors are: • Cleaning : Electronics, metal …
17 Jun 2026 Document

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

… spill or explode onto the front pages. But rare is the industry or economic sector where chemical substances do not … their ultimate impact on the environment and human health. Industry no doubt plays a key role in the iden- tification … safety and environmental per- formance in the chemical industry. Governments have a critical function as well. …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… Recyberica Ambiental Daria Franco Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Panama David Kapindula Zambia Environmental … sector, the petrochemical indus- try and the chlor-alkali industry. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable … containing mercury generated from the chlor-alkali industry. Out of seven chlor-alkali facilities us- ing …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… by the issue of hazardous wastes, espe- cially when heavy industry and natu- ral resources extraction are among the … 3 - Environmental targets set in consultation with industry. Technological standards Voluntary agreements 3 … Agriculture Landscaping Book production Paper-making industry Steel industry Electronics manufacturing Car …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The "Chemical & Waste Conventions": the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

… UN organizations, 5 IGOs, 15 regional centres, 84 NGOs, 19 industry associations); Science Fair: highlighted scientific … of chemicals&wastes and consumer products; geo-shifting of industry & manufacturing; development issues are different … of chemicals&wastes and consumer products; geo-shifting of industry & manufacturing; development issues are different …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Document: the London Convention and Protocol - Their role and contribution to the protection of the Marine Environment

17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… solid wastes in cement kilns (GB 30485) · the steel smelt industry (GB 28664) · sintering and pelletizing of iron and the steel industry (GB 28662) · Contains standards for releases of … on Best Available Techniques in the Non Ferrous Metals Industry . Available from: …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Promoting regional approaches to tackle the global problem of marine debris (litter)

… building and best practice among Members, Commissions, industry, academia and governments on socio- economically …
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Dumping of Wastes at Sea

17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste