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Vital Waste Graphics 3

… VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 3 This is a publication of the Secretariat of … of its frontiers or boundaries. Cover illustration Waste Body Burden ‘Metro Map’. Source: Silicon Valley Toxics … Metro lines adapted from Sam Loman (see p. 27). VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 3 GLOBAL TRENDS THE WASTE HEAP DARK SIDE OF A …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste
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Introductory Course to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and Regional Instruments on Hazardous Wastes

17 Jun 2026 Course in Chemicals and Waste

Marine plastic litter and microplastics

… and microplastics found in the sea may be determined as ‘waste’ as defined under the Convention, although not all will … a year. Of the estimated 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste produced since the 1950s, only 9% has been recycled and … packaging is wasted. The greatest burden of plastic waste entering the sea is likely to arise where waste
17 Jun 2026 Document

Marine plastic litter and microplastics

… to the ocean floor. A less significant share of plastic waste is carried on ocean currents and can accumulate in … marine plastic litter and microplastics. The Household Waste Partnership was established under the Basel Convention, … were encouraged to work on the impact of plastic waste, marine plastic litter, microplastic, and measures for …
17 Jun 2026 Document

UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics

… to almost every human activity but specially mismanaged waste. These fragments are of different polymer types and of … corrosion and degradation (Boucher and Friot 2017) PLASTIC WASTE MILLION TONNES/YEAR PRIMARY MICROPLASTICS MILLION … (UNEP 2016). The shipping industry as a source of plastic waste is regulated under Annex V (revised in 2013) of the …
17 Jun 2026 Document