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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… wastewater and reduce excess nutrient runoff from agricultural systems into the marine environment 26. Restore … models must be developed while creating good and best practice platforms. Leadership, policy certainty and … markets with productions sites. For example for ecosan Agricultural runoff and Waste Integrated pest management, …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… mercury switches in end-of-life vehicles; and a code of practice for the envi- ronmentally sound management of … wide strategy on the management of wastes from med- ical, agricultural and other sectors. The National Conser- vation … in the coming decades. The increase in industrial, agricultural and health wastes has increased mercury …
31 May 2026 Document

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

… Despite some progress being made, the attitudes and practice which the community and residents express still need … address the issues of land use and resource use in the agricultural sector. The concern has been expressed that … ori- ginating from the misuse of pesticides from agricultural production contaminate water supplies and affect …
31 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs

… pentachlorobenzene, used in the past for industrial and agricultural purposes (as pesticides). In addition, the … pentachlorobenzene, used in the past for industrial and agricultural purposes (as pesticides). In addition, the … termites and as a broad-spectrum insecticide on a range of agricultural crops.  Chloredecone – A synthetic chlorinated …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… for use or repair may be improperly disposed of near agricultural land, residential locations or water sources … Mixed waste dumps which include industrial, household and agricultural wastes increase human exposure to carcinogens …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

… Transfer for Southeast Asia BEP Best Environmental Practice CFC Chlorofluorocarbons CITES Convention on … on how to achieve synergies at the national level, but in practice, there are many different ways to accomplish this, … (e .g . customs offices), academia, NGOs and the agricultural and industrial private sectors participate in …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, beta hexachlorocyclohexane, chlordane, chlordecone, dieldrin, e

… . IMO/ILO/UNECE, 2014. Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units. International … 1999b. Safety in the use of chemicals at work: Code of Practice . Available from: www.ilo.org. IMO, 2002. …
31 May 2026 Document

Technical Guidelines on wastes collected from households (Y46)

… waste. In developing countries, it is more common practice to separate and reuse all valuables from household … not easy to feed to and through an incinerator it is usual practice to use furnaces based on either the chain or rocking … and the environment), it may be used as a fertilizer on agricultural land, otherwise it is landfilled. Increasingly, …
31 May 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… Landfill 8. Generally three situations are experienced in practice: • Historic, closed sites: The management of any … dependent on all the circumstances, but modern landfill practice requires that steps are taken to manage this …
31 May 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)

… to its origin, waste is classified as municipal waste, agricultural waste or industrial waste. According to its … determined by the heating value of the components. This practice enables the waste to be blended so as to have the … an independent expert. This is to ensure the not uncommon practice of an integrated unit capable of handling a very …
31 May 2026 Document