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

… Associations, are import- ant to ensure continuous improvement in all aspects of health, safety and … 17 POPs, and cleaned up 20,000 tons of waste and polluted soil containing pesticide POPs, as well as 13,000 tons of waste and polluted soil containing polychlorinated biphe- nyls (PCBs). The …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… 201019201860 1870 1880 1890 Tangible sanitary or social improvement The advent of the throw-away culture A selected … degradation processes can also be reduced, as can air, soil and water pollution linked to leaching or other gas … fruits Other agricultural uses Greenhouses Landscaping top soil mix Nurseries Land reclamation Sports turf Source: …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… mercury inventory, 65 per cent of mercury releases to soil came from informal waste management, including informal … Levels – the concentration of a contaminant in the soil that does not imply a risk to human health and the … transboundary movement of waste, contaminated sites, soil and water protection, air pollution control, and other …
21 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

… containing the active ingredient endosulfan Austria Soil Protection Acts · Contains stringent limit values for … wastes · Contains limit values for PCBs Germany Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance · Contains … Part of the Environmental Frame Law concerning waste and soil remediation (Part IV of Legislative Decree No. 152 of 3 …
21 Jun 2026 Document