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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… 308 Act on Recycling, etc. of End-of-Life Vehicles … 3R sound business and system and, furthermore, to form a recycling zone in East Asia for creating an international … as indicators for resource output rates, waste reuse and recycling. 56 China’s Law on Promotion of Clean Production of …
Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… on the proper handling of wastes in respect of their recycling, recovery, treatment, storage and final disposal. … preventive measures, such as reduction at source, reuse, recycling and recovery. Lastly, it recognizes the need for … Basel Convention aims to address. Environmentally sound recycling and material recovery can make a positive …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… efficiency through more effi- cient production and recycling, reducing waste, and modifying unsustainable … one-third of some 60 metals studied have an end-of-life recycling rate above 50 per cent, and 34 metals have a recycling rate below one per cent, including many valuable …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… metering; (2) Audits of large-volume users; (3) Reuse and recycling of water for nonpotable, nonresidential … and irrigation techniques; (7) Wastewater reclamation and recycling programs; (8) Fixture replacement programs; (9) … of m a rginal-quality water, waste-water reuse and water recycling; (k) Integration of water (including surface and …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… based on high resource-consumption patterns and low recycling rates, limited consumer awareness and insufficient … reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse (12.5) 5. Transition towards a green and … in terms of renewable energy, urban agriculture and waste recycling is highly underutilized. Waste generation in the …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… in all products and processes; c) require reusing, recycling and recovery of materials to the fullest extent … possible; d) promote product designs that increase reuse, recycling and recovery and as far as possible to eliminate … and less hazardous substances, promoting the recovery and recycling of waste, improving waste management programmes, …
Energy law and sustainable development
… sustainable. Energy law must be grounded on the reuse and recycling of energy, waste avoidance and robust use of … is excluded because it is so highly polluting and because recycling options are so much cleaner and usually more … thus offers great energy and cost savings potential. 2.6 Recycling The recycling of household waste products saves …
GEO yearbook 2003
… and Recycle Initiative’, to cut down on waste, promote recycling, reduce barriers to trade in goods and materials … awareness and performance, waste management and recycling, environmentally friendly transportation, and … integrated, including strategies on waste prevention and recycling and on sustainable use and re-use of resources …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… and towns especially can take advantage of collection and recycling programmes for metal, paper and glass. Others can … hot and cold-water containers for the shower. � Greywater recycling: Water from showers is recycled through plant beds …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… for the plastic waste disposal and management as well as recycling and reusing system. The study also found out … with the entry of N in the form of animal feed up to the recycling of N in farmland. Results Silage of manure: a … in the forage yields per year and greater efficiency of N recycling, and hence, of other nutrients needed to maintain …