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… such as acid rain (Box 3). With regards to chemicals and waste, existing multilateral environmental agreements enable … in international trade, of hazardous and household waste, and more recently mercury, with the entry into force … Convention to Combat Desertification and chemicals and waste conventions and processes. The Convention on Biological …

… solid fuel heating, and the unregulated burning of waste materials such as plastics and batteries Figure 4: Air … product of poor agricultural practices, dumping of waste from households, industrial plants and mine tailings … informal recycling of lead-acid batteries and electronic waste, poor incineration of hospital waste, and mismanagement …

… towards a pollution-free planet seeks to eliminate the waste, hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and … including the cross-cutting categories of chemicals and waste. They can be both based on global and regional … of their products 30. Regulate the leaking of radioactive waste into the ocean 31. Establish waste collection systems …