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… Chapter 2: Convention Control Measures Article 3: Mercury Supply Sources and Trade Mercury Supply Sources Trade of … 64 64 64 64 66 66 Article 9: Releases Sources of Land and Water Releases Covered Required Control Measures for Releases … Emissions (to air) (Article 8); 6. Releases (to land and water) (Article 9); 7. Environmentally sound interim storage …

… chlorine- free. Inks are vegetable-based and coatings are water-based. UNEP’s distribution policy aims to reduce its … of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Mercury Supply and Storage Mercury Reduction in Chlor-alkali Mercury … eliminating global, anthropogenic mercury releases to air, water and land. The Partnership has more than 100 partners. …

… 3 Introduction to the Convention Mercury supply sources and trade (Art. 3) Mercury-added products … gold mining (Art. 7) Emissions to air (Art. 8) Releases to water and land (Art. 9) Environmentally sound interim storage … in the soil may be partially carried to the local water system (through super�cial runoff systems), however a …

… its main obligations. TABLE OF CONTENT ARTICLE 3 - MERCURY SUPPLY SOURCES AND TRADE … those required for existing sources. Releases to land and water are not addressed in Article 8 – they are addressed in … Article 9 deals with their releases to land and water from significant anthropogenic point sources that are …

… recycled paper. Inks are vegetable-based and coatings are water-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce our … the primary material, can therefore constitute the main supply source for whole countries or industrial sectors.10 … processes can also be reduced, as can air, soil and water pollution linked to leaching or other gas emissions. …

… randomly burned, or left to rot, contaminating the local water supply and BASEL CONVENTION the world environmental agreement … of near agricultural land, residential locations or water sources when they become obsolete. This is a problem of …

… only Summary of operational articles Article 3 – Mercury supply sources and trade Primary mercury mining • Each Party … plants For information purposes only Article 3 – Mercury supply sources and trade Trade - No export of mercury except: … for information purposes only Article 9 – Releases (to water and land)  A Party with relevant sources shall take …

… meet that objective. These include measures to control the supply and trade of mercury, including setting limitations on … to reduce emissions and releases of mercury to air, water and land and the impact of such emissions and releases … compounds, often expressed as “total mercury”, to land and water from the relevant point sources not addressed in other …

… and travel long distances through the air and through water; and 4) they accumulate in fatty tissue. This is a … and travel long distances through the air and through water; and 4) they accumulate in fatty tissue. This is a … used for various industrial purposes. Long and complicated supply-chains make it difficult to track the fate of the …

… . 1 2. Sources of mercury emissions to air and releases to water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … human (anthropogenic) activities, but includes releases to water because the aquatic environment is the main route of … Much of the present day demand for mercury is met by supply from mercury recovered from industrial sources and …