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Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexabromocyclododecane
… Polystyrene (EUMEPS), 2011. EUMEPS 2011. Post-Consumer EPS Waste Generation and Management in European Countries 2009. … 2006. Reference Document Best Available Techniques for Waste Incineration. Available from: … management options for HBCDD”, SWEREA (Scientific Work for Industrial Use) report 09/52. Suzuki, S. and Hasegawa, A., …
Introduction to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… devices, cosmetics, lamps, batteries, and in several industrial processes. Mercury is highly toxic and persistent … with about 40% of global anthropogenic emissions. The main industrial sources of atmospheric mercury are coal burning, … sediments. Other intentional-use release sectors include waste from consumer products (including metal recycling), the …
Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)
… in use has increased rapidly (i), to approximately 100 000 industrial substances. Globally, chemical production has … vision on future sound management of chemicals and waste linked to the broader international policy agenda, … including air pollution, transport and noise pollution; industrial pollution; climate change impacts, vulnerability …
Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)
… 2004; Belay et al., 2015; AGENDA, 2016). Even established, industrial-scale recycling facilities can, however, cause … bodies and other surfaces, including in gardens and homes. Waste materials from lead processing can, if not treated and … made to move household recycling operations to an industrial zone 1 km outside the village. The zoning was …
POPs Chemicals
… accessed 16 June) POPs Chemicals & PIC Industrial Chemicals Short-chain chlorinated paraffins … compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in … and paints, firefighting foams. PFOA has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning …
POPs Chemicals - Decabromodiphenyl ether (Commercial mixture, c-decaBDE)
… accessed 16 June) POPs Chemicals & PIC Industrial Chemicals Short-chain chlorinated paraffins … compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in … and paints, firefighting foams. PFOA has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning …
Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea (8%) and off-shore activity (1%). Land-based sources include sewage outfalls, industrial discharges, runoff from urban stormwater and … the operation of a vessel for the purpose of discharging waste, as that is dumping. Pollution from vessels can take …
Candidate POPs - Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
… compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in … and paints, firefighting foams. PFOA has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning liquids, …
Flyer - The benefits of remanufacturing
… from an existing part (CORE[2]), using standardized industrial processes [3] in line with specific technical … to avoid damage and preserve its value. A cORe is not waste or scrap and will not be reused before remanufacturing. … See Core Definition on right hand side of this flyer. [3] Industrial process • An industrial process is an established …