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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… Fisheries Service NOAA - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration OBS - Ocean-based sources OECS - Organisation … this project promotes problem solving at the national and local levels, recognizing that unique regional … beach and underwater clean-up activities conducted by local community groups and government agencies supports this …
Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)
… subsurface conditions have to be generally defined by the local geology and soil characteristics. Where liners and … points of discharge of ground water to surface water, local surface water used recreationally or as drinking water … activity of landfill operations; e.g. labour, engineering, administration costs, etc.; • Post closure costs which …
Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures
… of waste generated and changes in waste characteristics. Local authorities collect waste in most areas, but informal … waste, and transport the waste to collection points where local authorities receive the waste and transport it to … for disposal at landfills under the responsibility of local authorities. Col- lection rates do not reach 30 per …
Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… with economies in transition need to meet the global and local waste challenge. III. Waste is a global issue Because … and other wastes around the world, waste is not merely a local or national issue, it is a global issue. In the past … or were randomly burned, or left to rot, contaminating the local water supply and BASEL CONVENTION the world …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… pollution management into development agendas, states and local authorities, communities, businesses, multi-stakeholder … activities of Governments and businesses to better tackle local and regional pollution Water pollution 13. Increase … from companies, private and public sector investors, local authorities or individuals. As risk managers, insurers …
Technical guidelines on hazardous wastes: physico-chemical treatment (d9) and biological treatment (d8)
… plant at an existing factory is largely a matter of local logistics within the available space, as … changing rooms for employees, medical facilities, administration and control etc, and the provision of adequate … training programmes and monitoring of emissions and of the local environment. Monitoring of emissions would usually be …
Technical guidelines: General technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants
… Karstensen, K.H. et al. 2009. “Test burn with PCB–oil in a local cement kiln in Sri Lanka”, Chemosphere , vol. 78 No. 6, …