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Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… change, biodiversity and desertification, to hazardous waste and chemicals. The fulfillment of their objectives and … illegal transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous waste; and so forth. 3 The compliance is guided by the 1969 … toxic components, such as lead in gasoline, or poisonous waste including radioactive chemicals; • Alternative sources …
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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… Mohammed Tigani, previous consultant of UNIDO/UNEP on waste management in Africa. iii What you will find in this … 1975. EPR seeks to shift the responsibility dealing with waste from governments (and thus, taxpayers and society at … producing it. In effect, it internalizes the cost of waste disposal into the cost of the product, theoretically …
18 Jun 2026 Document

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… per cent of biomass is usually discharged on the spot as waste, i.e. thrown overboard at sea. Commercial sales of the … Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, such as the Waste to Energy Projects, have also been used to enable … actions that have been taken by the Basel Convention’s e-waste programme to engage mobile phone companies, computer …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… water, which in turn is the result of polythene and other waste ma er that clog the drainage systems, there is a recipe … or controlling the discharge, deposit or emission of waste into the environment which will cause pollution. … Act have sought to support its main objective. The term ‘waste’ has been given a wide meaning in the Act to include …
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Marine plastic litter and microplastics

… to the ocean floor. A less significant share of plastic waste is carried on ocean currents and can accumulate in … marine plastic litter and microplastics. The Household Waste Partnership was established under the Basel Convention, … were encouraged to work on the impact of plastic waste, marine plastic litter, microplastic, and measures for …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General

… the pollution of marine areas by land-based plastic waste, the protection of soil, the use of pesticides, noise … the minimization or prevention of the generation of waste at the source would provide a more holistic and … movements but also aims at ensuring the minimization of waste generation as well as its environmentally sound …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment

… the pollution of marine areas by land-based plastic waste, the protection of soil, the use of pesticides, noise … the minimization or prevention of the generation of waste at the source would provide a more holistic and … movements but also aims at ensuring the minimization of waste generation as well as its environmentally sound …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… following project types: avoided emissions from organic waste through alternative waste treatment processes (AM0025); fuel switch from fossil … plantations (AM0042); production of biodiesel based on waste oils and/or waste fats from biogenic origin for use as …
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UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics

… to almost every human activity but specially mismanaged waste. These fragments are of different polymer types and of … corrosion and degradation (Boucher and Friot 2017) PLASTIC WASTE MILLION TONNES/YEAR PRIMARY MICROPLASTICS MILLION … (UNEP 2016). The shipping industry as a source of plastic waste is regulated under Annex V (revised in 2013) of the …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… increasing access to safe drinking water, the provision of waste water treatment and sanitation, and the prevention of … resources law, and is co-author of The Law of Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substances in a Nutshell (West 1997.) The … structures. Water in streams that is polluted through waste discharges, agricultural runoff or by other sources may …
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