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Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)

… BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON INCINERATION ON LAND Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary … 4 Basel Convention Technical Guidelines on Incineration on land Basel Convention series/SBC No. 02/04 First Published in … PREAMBLE 1. These technical guidelines on Incineration on Land are not intended to be used as a guide to treatment and …
25 May 2026 Document

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 …
25 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that degrades … ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting categories of … energy production, reduce deforestation and forest degradation, and restore degraded lands (International …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… hazards posed by such wastes. 4. Reducing dependence on land disposal through waste prevention, minimization and … will allow for improvement in the chemical and biochemical degradation of the wastes leading to a more rapid … provides the means for the controlled deposit of wastes on land is sometimes the only practicable disposal option for …
25 May 2026 Document

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

Land application/treatment/farming … in shallow lagoons/ponds are subject to biological degradation with mixing and/or enhanced oxygenation. Waste … for routine disposal. 51 Other Biological Processes: Land Application/Treatment/Farming Brief Description A … As constituents of wastes, hydrolysis offers a route to degradation, but requires great caution in the control and …
25 May 2026 Document

Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… or repair may be improperly disposed of near agricultural land, residential locations or water sources when they become … diminishing the economic benefits derived from such land. Many used and end of life products, particularly … poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. The …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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