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Technical guidelines on hazardous wastes: physico-chemical treatment (d9) and biological treatment (d8)

… BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON HAZARDOUS WASTE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT BIOLOGICAL … Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements on Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal No. 9 Basel Convention … Adverse Factors Production of dust, which with a hazardous substance could pose serious control and containment …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… (MEAs) and other international frameworks in the hazardous wastes and chemicals cluster in a coordinated … . . . . . . . . . . . 31 8 . Combating illegal trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes: cooperation through the Green … NIP National Implementation Plan ODS Ozone-Depleting Substance OEWG Open-ended Working Group OPCW Organization for …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… measures for mer- cury waste but manage it as part of hazardous waste. The challenge of separate collection of … management as taking all practical steps to ensure that hazardous waste is managed to protect human health and the … waste disposal facilities, es- tablishment of hazardous substance handling facilities, and recovery or incineration …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… role of the Basel Convention I. Background Generation of hazardous and other wastes, including household wastes, … management, transboundary movement and disposal of hazardous and other wastes. This document describes some of … the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes. There are 170 Parties to the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements on Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal No. 3 Basel Convention … for consenting to or rejecting a transboundary movement of hazardous waste, as they are not sufficiently comprehensive for environmentally sound management of hazardous waste and other waste as defined by the Basel …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)

… Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements on Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal No. 4 Basel Convention … for consenting to or rejecting a transboundary movement of hazardous waste, as they are not sufficiently comprehensive for environmentally sound management of hazardous waste and other waste as defined by the Basel …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… tackling additional chemicals identified as unacceptably hazardous. Nine such new chemicals were added to the … tackling additional chemicals identified as unacceptably hazardous. Nine such new chemicals were added to the … governments to become familiar with the threats posed by hazardous chemicals, to realize they have to work together, …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… available alternative flame retardants that are less hazardous than c-PentaBDE. It is important to search for … would strengthen the case for the use of the particular substance for any specific market. The Index of Flame … through the RoHS (Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment) …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… population size, increased imports of polluting and hazardous substances which together make pollution and waste … Authority (SSA), Ministry of Health - Responsible for non-hazardous solid waste col- lection and disposal from homes … to be made to restrict and control the deposit of substance, solid matter, etc. that may cause pollution of a …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Guidance for drafters of risk profiles on consideration of toxicological interactions when evaluating chemicals proposed for listing - Qualitative literature-based approach to assessing mixture toxicity under Annex E

… environmental risks of chemicals are still often assessed substance by substance, neglecting mixture effects, that is, the effects …
21 Jun 2026 Document