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

… The principles of the types of processes will be set out in the next main section but the following descriptions … in varying concentrations. The process principles set out in paragraph 10 clearly depend for their success upon carrying out chemical and biological reactions and utilising …
26 May 2026 Document

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

… and elaborates concrete cross-cutting activities carried out by work groups . In Venezuela, a Presidential Commission … IV 132,347 Institutional strengthening — Phase V 132,347 Phasing out of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) at refrigeration plant of “Frinko” 1,081,724 Phasing out of CFC-11 from flexible slabstock foam …
26 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… interaction. Even then, any such mixing should be carried out in a controlled and monitored way. 6 Environmental and … environmental impact assessment has to be carried out as required under national legislations or procedures. … a landfill. Unless specific sampling has been carried out on the contaminated materials, it will be very difficult …
26 May 2026 Document

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

… that a special effort may sometimes be needed to phase out certain chemicals for specific uses and seeks to ensure … that a special effort may sometimes be needed to phase out certain chemicals for specific uses and seeks to ensure … but gives countries until 2025 to take action to phase out the use of equipment containing PCBs. The recovered PCBs …
26 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… mercury generated from the chlor-alkali industry. Out of seven chlor-alkali facilities us- ing mercury, six … small old mines. Industrial chlor-alkali facilities are phasing out their mer- cury technology, and developing plans … cycle approach to mercury waste management – minimizing or phasing out the use of mercury in products and industries …
26 May 2026 Document

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… the adoption of reduction targets 28. Reduce or phase out the use of certain types of plastic (e.g. microbeads, … biphenyls) to meet the Stockholm Convention deadlines for phasing out the substances by 2025 and disposing of them … a Pollution-Free Planet Convention goals: the 2025 goal of phasing out the use of equipment containing PCB and the 2028 …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)

… properly bound into the matrix. Disposal must be carried out in an environmentally sound manner, having proper regard … temperature. This allows control over organic "burn-out", which is normally not possible with the other systems. … facility by competent persons shall be carried out to detect leakage, spills, corrosion, hot spots and …
26 May 2026 Document

Supporting document on “The POP separation process in the recycling of WEEE” (EERA)

… In the average mix of solid plastics wastes coming out of the WEEE recycling processes, typically 5 – 10 % … can be explained by the fact that these have been phased out since deca-BDE replaced these substances. Deca-BDE in turn has been phased out in electronic appliances with the introduction of the …
26 May 2026 Document

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

… of c-PentaBDE by 1st of January 20053. Before the phase-out in the US, the majority of c-PentaBDE formulation … PentaBDE was set to 6 € per kg, by 2005 when it was phased out in EU Flexible PUR foam 20% TCPP Approx 0,35 € per kg PUR … with safer options, but it is also important to point out that the alternative flame retardants presented need to …
26 May 2026 Document

Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… ocean with open or spontaneous fires, or used oils leaking out, along with other hazardous wastes. (d) Stocks of …
26 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste