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

… BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON USED OIL RE-REFINING OR OTHER RE-USES OF PREVIOUSLY USED OIL Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary … or under uncontrolled conditions can lead to serious pollution of all environmental media. Also, combustion plants …
19 Jan 2025 Document

Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity

… WCC-2016-Res-061-EN Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity RECOGNISING that oil palm is the most productive commercially grown … forest fragmentation, peatland degradation, water pollution, biodiversity loss, forest fires, and greenhouse …
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E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… and obtain your certificate. E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution Author: Kerstin Mechlem Scope: This class … disposal and other impacting activities. In the field of oil and gas exploration and production, State oil and gas regulations protect groundwater resources through …
19 Jan 2025 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… 49 Towards a Pollution-Free Planet 3 Transitioning towards a … Coalition 2016). Biotechnology is being used for cleaning oil-contaminated environments using bacteria or fungi for … and maintenance costs are relatively high Large-scale oil spills New generation trawler to recover oil spills 100% …
19 Jan 2025 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution Book: Book - Unit 1 – Introduction … is dumping. Pollution from vessels can take the forms of oil, chemicals, lost cargo and equipment, sewage, garbage, … big supertankers, carrying a full cargo of 120,000 tons of oil. On 18 March, she struck Pollard’s Rock in the Seven …
19 Jan 2025 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… The exploitation of non-living marine resources such as oil, gas, sand, gravel, and diamonds and other precious … to be related to resource exploitation, for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, … and indiscriminate fishing practices, marine pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. …
19 Jan 2025 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… Li, Director and Research Professor Department of Soil Pollution Control Chinese Research Academy of Environmental … used to excavate boreholes. Only non-petroleum vegetable oil based lubricants should be used on the external surfaces … (PHCN) was a major user of PCB-containing transformer oil between 1921 and 1989. The station is located near the …
19 Jan 2025 Document

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… 34 Towards a Pollution-Free Planet 2 The first Principles of both the 1972 … more than 80 countries. Governments, the oil and auto industries, and civil society have worked … change in household energy, cooling, bricks production, oil and gas production, agriculture, transport, solid waste, …
19 Jan 2025 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution Book: Book - Unit 1 – Introduction … is dumping. Pollution from vessels can take the forms of oil, chemicals, lost cargo and equipment, sewage, garbage, … big supertankers, carrying a full cargo of 120,000 tons of oil. On 18 March, she struck Pollard’s Rock in the Seven …
19 Jan 2025 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols U pd at ed H an db oo k fo r t he … HCH Hexachlorohexane HDV Heavy-duty vehicle HFO Heavy Fuel Oil IC engine Internal combustion engine IFNR In-furnace-NOx … Smelting LEA Low excess air combustion LFO Light Fuel Oil LNB Low NOx burner LOTOS Long Term Ozone Simulation LPG …
19 Jan 2025 Document in Climate and Atmosphere