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Technical Guidelines on wastes collected from households (Y46)

… Also, injuries from infected sharps; - Loss of productive land due to the presence of non-biodegradable items; - … 12. Historically, household waste has been disposed of by land filling. As communities became larger and more premises … for example, wet pulverization also will promote enhanced degradation. Some countries prohibit the addition of liquids …
25 May 2026 Document

Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014

… of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land- based Activities GPA/IGR-2 - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land-based Activities/Second Intergovernmental Review Meeting … Developing States (SIDS), 2013, further identified the degradation of the coastal marine environment and inadequate …
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Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)

… can, if not treated and correctly disposed of, contaminate land and water bodies. Used acid with high concentrations of lead is often dumped on land or released into waterways. Lead can enter the food … by the action of hydrogen sulfide (from bacterial degradation of organic matter) on lead. There may also be …
25 May 2026 Document

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

… standards for the treatment of hazardous waste prior to land disposal and aqueous waste prior to release. United … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities. GPA clearing-house mechanism. … Noma Y., Sakai. S., Oono M., 2003b. “Pathways for the degradation of PCBs by palladium-catalyzed dechlorination”, …
25 May 2026 Document