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

… London Convention and its Protocol? The "Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other … by promoting sound waste management and pollution prevention. Prohibitions are in force for dumping of … wastes being considered for sea disposal, including waste prevention audits, assessment of alternatives, waste …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… at sound chemicals management based upon risk control; prevention strategies, including adjust- ment of chemical … control programmes. For instance, in The Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, an ambitious … and surveys on mercury exposure assessments and impact prevention in countries having serious mercury pollution. In …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… growth and waste production (cleaner production; waste prevention campaigns). This increase in waste generation is … the growing waste heap, the concept of minimization – or prevention – of waste generation has been developed in major … limit the occurrence of further impacts. Ultimately real prevention would mean changing not only the way we …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… the amount of such waste is increasing, and is introducing prevention in the generation of mercury waste. The sources of … pro- motes the fundamental environmental principles of prevention, precaution, polluter pays and sustainable … interprovincial move- ment of hazardous waste; pollution prevention planning notices for dental amalgam waste and …
17 Jun 2026 Document

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

… in recovery and treatment technologies for waste; and d. prevention measures to reduce or eliminate the use of … businesses and other stakeholders – leading to prevention of marine debris at local, national, and regional …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Marine plastic litter and microplastics

… in developing efficient strategies for achieving the prevention and minimization of the generation of hazardous … 12.5 on substantially reducing waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse; • Target 14.1 on … marine plastic litter, microplastic, and measures for prevention and environmentally sound management. Furthermore, …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Dumping of Wastes at Sea

… Table of contents 1. Dumping 2. The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other … 2. The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other … and standards (article 210.6). The 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

… guidelines, legal clarity). Cartagena Declaration on the Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of Hazardous Wastes and … guidelines, legal clarity) Cartagena Declaration on the Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of Hazardous Wastes and … guidelines, legal clarity). Cartagena Declaration on the Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of Hazardous Wastes and …
17 Jun 2026 Document

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

… V of the Kuwait Convention, which provide for control and prevention of the marine environment in the region from … other wastes by parties to a minimum (article 9(1)), for prevention of pollution of the marine environment in the area …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

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

17 Jun 2026 Document