Search results

Explore only content tagged with
380 Results
Sorted by relevance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… take the complete course and obtain your certificate. E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution Author: Kerstin Mechlem … 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 …
01 Dec 2024 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… your certificate. C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards Author: Marcella Nanni … available techniques) and the application of low- and non-waste technology (Art. 3.1., a, b and c); at a minimum, … provide for economic incentives for those applying low-waste technologies or take other measures aiming at reducing …
01 Dec 2024 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 3 This is a publication of the Secretariat of … of its frontiers or boundaries. Cover illustration Waste Body Burden ‘Metro Map’. Source: Silicon Valley Toxics … growth and waste production (cleaner production; waste prevention campaigns). This increase in waste generation is …
01 Dec 2024 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Waste or Wealth

Waste or Wealth? KEEPING IN TOUCH NEED NOT COST THE EARTH … – and almost universal - source of electronic waste (e-waste), the recycling and safe disposal of mobile phones is …
01 Dec 2024 Document

Dumping of Wastes at Sea

… Table of contents 1. Dumping 2. The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other … aircraft or offshore installations for the purpose of waste disposal, including the disposal of the vessels, … into line with the London Convention. Under UNCLOS, waste dumping is subject to a permit system (article 210(3)) …
01 Dec 2024 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Household Waste Partnership

… Household Waste Partnership Basel Convention on the Control of … countries: Escalating challenges in household waste management across the globe are widely acknowledged and … sound management of household waste including its prevention and minimization • To enable the decoupling of …
01 Dec 2024 Document

Waste management for human health and livelihood

Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood Rationale 1. … the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention is Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood. 2. The … wastes, in response to scandals involving uncontrolled waste dumping in Africa and elsewhere in the 1980s. 3. …
01 Dec 2024 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

… Convention also publishes technical guidelines on various waste streams providing guidance on best practices for ESM as … the disposer conclude a contract for the disposal of the waste. Under the Convention this contract must ensure that … with detailed, accurate and complete information on the waste itself, on the proposed disposal operation and other …
01 Dec 2024 Document in Chemicals and Waste

E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual 2E-waste Inspection … Focal Point of the Basel Convention, is essential for the prevention and detection of illegal transboundary movements …
01 Dec 2024 Document

Protecting coastal and marine environments from mining waste

… Protecting coastal and marine environments from mining waste WELCOMING the call through United Nations Sustainable … AWARE that the objective of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other … by dumping at sea; ALSO AWARE that the dumping of mining waste on the sea floor (submarine tailings disposal – STD), …
01 Dec 2024 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX