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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… to avoid unintended releases into the environment and food chain, and increase public awareness and international … recovery of waste, including through recycling 50. Reduce food waste throughout value chains, including at the consumer …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… as organisms consume other organisms, thus moving up the food chain. The chemicals reach magnified levels – up to many … – in the fatty tissues of creatures at the top of the food chain, such as fish, predatory birds, and mammals, …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)

… by the deposition and uptake of airborne pollutants on the food chain as well as inhalation of air pollutants. Waste streams … can assist in minimizing potential impacts to humans and food sources. 30. The incineration of hazardous wastes can …
31 May 2026 Document

Waste management for human health and livelihood

… Exposure occurs through contaminated air, water and food and through dental and medical treatments. High levels … (thus threatening humans and animals at the top of the food chain), and cause a range of health effects. Strong acids & …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical Guidelines on wastes collected from households (Y46)

… material includes vegetable and fruit peelings and other food wastes. 5. To promote recovery operations, and to … to be collected from premises on a regular basis since food waste, in particular, decays rapidly. 7. In cities and … it is usual practice to use furnaces based on either the chain or rocking grate principle or to a lesser extent a …
31 May 2026 Document

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

… ringed by coral reefs and mangrove forests which provide food and shelter for marine life as well as food and livelihoods for humans. The islands in the WCR face … and the potential for toxic leaching into the marine food chain has sounded the alarm for further investigation into …
31 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… of natural resources upon which people rely for food, water, fodder, fuel, shelter and their livelihoods may … have leaked into the soil and ground water and into the food chain. The management of healthcare wastes poses another …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

GUIDANCE on feasible flame-retardant alternatives to commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether - 2009 (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/INF24)

… Xu Dan, Industry Analyst for the Chemicals, Materials and Food Group of Frost & Sullivan’s Asia Pacific reveals that …
31 May 2026 Document

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

… Convention) ESM Environmentally Sound Management FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GCI … the Pesticide Stock Management System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) … on capacity building throughout the ‘enforcement chain’, to provide better assistance to customs officers and …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste