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… such as acid rain (Box 3). With regards to chemicals and waste, existing multilateral environmental agreements enable … persistent organic pollutants, certain hazardous industrial chemicals and pesticides in international trade, … Air quality standards Laws and regulations Waste burning Industrial energy efficiency Clean production incentives …

… towards a pollution-free planet seeks to eliminate the waste, hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and … that the level of development and well-being in wealthy industrial countries has been achieved largely through highly … information and awareness 3. Reduce emissions from major industrial and manufacturing sources 4. Adopt and enforce …

… marine water. Some, such as those coming from abandoned industrial sites, form part of a longer-term legacy (Pure … emissions from coal burning for power and heat, transport, industrial furnaces, brick kilns, agriculture, domestic solid fuel heating, and the unregulated burning of waste materials such as plastics and batteries Figure 4: Air …

… of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Waste within Africa (Bamako Convention) applies only within … Coalition (GIC). The GIC repre- sented a broad range of industrial interests, including farming, commercial forestry, …

… and destruction manifested today is a result of the industrial activities of developed countries. If developed … Parties operating under Article 5 and for the purposes of industrial rationalization between Parties.) 3.4.2.5. Final … on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Waste and Other Matter. Adopted in 1972, entered into force …

… per cent of biomass is usually discharged on the spot as waste, i.e. thrown overboard at sea. Commercial sales of the … environmental damage due to differences in their levels of industrial development. In some MEAs, this is reflected in … not subject to time limits, including those concerned with industrial rationalization, production, consumption, trade, …

… substances, logging –certification of origin, fishing, E-waste, wildlife etc Adjusting rules • CITES has appendices …

… urban sources such as municipal sewage treatment plants, waste disposal and industry effluents), diffuse/non-point … established with sufficient certainty. Prime examples are waste disposal sites, landfills, septic tanks, inadequate sub-surface storage of dangerous substances, industrial accidents, mines, fracking or highways. An array …

… wastes and “other” wastes •Pillars: •Minimization of waste generation (Article 4) •Environmentally sound … for compliance The Rotterdam Convention •Scope: certain industrial chemicals and pesticides •Pillars: •Facilitation …

… the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, and the 1993 North American Agreement …