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

… litter being swept in our oceans, settling throughout the water column, congregating in floating garbage patches, … for the port control, marinas, safety and pollution in territorial waters, as well as promote the coastal … premise and to carry out other functions within the Act. Territorial Waters Act - Any ship that deems prejudicial to …
21 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… Piza Vice-ministry of Basic Sanitation and Drinking Water, Bolivia Corinne Stocco Environment and Climate Change … is managed in accordance with federal, provincial and territorial laws, and municipal by-laws. The laws set … the releases of mercury from incinerators. Provincial and territorial governments have legislation and requirements for …
21 May 2026 Document

Technical Guidelines on wastes collected from households (Y46)

… - Potential health hazards from accumulation of polluted water, which provide breeding grounds for mosquitoes and … landfill site; large barges are also used for transport on water. In some instances, waste is bailed to facilitate … organic compounds are formed. Many of these are soluble in water and become dissolved in any surplus moisture in the …
21 May 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on used oil re-refining or other re-uses of previously used oil (R9)

… (synthetic oils), oily residues from tanks, oil-water mixtures and emulsions. These arising from industrial … This usually involves treatment to separate solids and water from a variety of used oils. The methods used may … These sludges which are normally produced by high pressure water jet cleaning of storage tanks consist of iron oxide …
21 May 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… of material arising for the weathering and exposure to water flow of naturally occurring minerals. 11. In the … were in place, they can be effective in preventing ground water contamination. Most landfills are covered with a … with residual soil moisture, or present in perched ground water within the landfill. Many waste sites are characterized …
21 May 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)

… recover energy, are usually passed after conditioning with water to an electrostatic precipitator to remove suspended … a broad range of temperatures, forming carbon dioxide, water and products of incomplete combustion, some of which … treatment methods should not be discharged with the waste water, but should be processed at the plant site. Any …
21 May 2026 Document

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

… the large-scale monitoring of soil, sediment and surface water will be included in a new version of the GENASIS … the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Training on water sampling techniques in Côte d’Ivoire. 29 Synergies …
21 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… and problems may arise from supply failures of power, water and fuels or of treatment chemicals and reagents. … in which solid matter suspended in a liquid phase (usually water) settles due to its greater density. Waste Types … and alkalies containing suspended metal hydroxides. Waste water streams from which metals and other species have been …
21 May 2026 Document