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

… the UNECE 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution ; (b) 2003 Protocol on Pollutant Release and … 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 …
20 Jun 2026 Document

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

… the economic toll of health costs associated with air pollution in the United States alone is US$120 billion per … 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 …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… living on this planet, more consumption, more waste, more pollution, less land available for landfills, and fewer … 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: …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… and Natural Resources, El Salvador Cherdchai Worakeansai Pollution Control Department, Thailand Chilekwa Christabel … 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 …
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

20 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride

20 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, beta hexachlorocyclohexane, chlordane, chlordecone, dieldrin, e

… State fruit orchards: effects on wildlife.” Environmental Pollution , vol. 60, pp. 331-349. Brooks, G. and Hunt, G., … FAO, 2000. Assessing soil contamination: A reference manual. Pesticide Disposal … primiparae in Dalian and Shenyang, China”, Environmental Pollution, vol. 131 No. 3, pp. 381-92. IARC, 1979. Mirex in …
20 Jun 2026 Document