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Waste management for human health and livelihood

… Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood Rationale 1. The theme of the ninth … to the Basel Convention is Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood. 2. The Basel Convention was originally adopted to protect human health and the environment against the serious effects of …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… With Marine Litter 5 1.2. Emergence of Microplastics as a Health Concern 7 1.3. Sources, Activity Categories and … - Caribbean Community CARPHA - The Caribbean Public Health Agency CAST - Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable … Authority & Institute DEHS - Department of Environmental Health Services ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America …
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Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… to rise globally with consequential impacts on human health and the environment. The Basel Convention aims to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of the … widespread: it plays an important role in protecting human health and the environment, in meeting sustainable …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… and Climate Change Canada Alojz Grabner Ministry of Health, Slovenia Alonso Filós Waste Management Authority of … Environment, Switzerland Atala S. Milord V. Ministry of Health, Panama Atiku Abdullahi Abuja Environmental Protection … Thailand Chilekwa Christabel Mibenge Ministry of Health, Zambia Christoph Reusser Federal Office for the …
19 Jun 2026 Document

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

… from where they were used, and threaten long-term health and ecology in ways that were never anticipated or … concern. Many POPs pose such significant threats to health and the environment that on 22 May 2001, the world’s … from where they were used, and threaten long-term health and ecology in ways that were never anticipated or …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… activity and that degrades ecosystems and impacts human health and welfare of living species. Research on global … (iii) Multiple and long-term risks to human health and well-being, especially to women, children and vulnerable groups, ecosystem health and future generations require a preventive approach …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… and waste conventions in Africa to safeguard human health and the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Drugs and Crime WCO World Customs Organization WHO World Health Organization vii Synergies Success StoriesEnhancing … the risks hazardous chemicals and wastes pose to human health and the environment . Among them are the 1989 Basel …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… is a status report based on available knowledge on health and environmental effects of flame retardants. It is … just suggestive, and it is important to search for further health and environmental data to get a better understanding … 8. Health and environmental properties of alternative flame …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… 3 Environmental and Human Health Aspects…………………………………………….. 6 Safe Landfill Management … provide a more comprehensive picture on environmental and health problems arising from landfills. In addition to the … storage. 3. As a result of serious environmental and health problems experienced with historic and abandoned dump …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Technical Guidelines on wastes collected from households (Y46)

… such as: - Air pollution and unpleasant odors; - Potential health hazards from accumulation of polluted water, which … waters by leachate with resultant environmental effects or health hazards; - Contamination of the marine environment … household waste causing pollution or damage to human health, it is most important to segregate recoverable and …
19 Jun 2026 Document