Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Topic "Chemicals & waste"
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5 Projects at a Glance: Ghana - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)The overall objective is to develop a sustainable e-waste management system which makes e-waste re-usable and recycling. The project aims to establish a structured approach to e-waste Education/Publicity, collection, ... -
Abiotic Air Sampling in Asia
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About International Environmental Technology Centre - UNEP IETC
(2020)Waste is a ubiquitous sight in our environment. PET bottles wash up on shores of the most distant islands, plastic has been found in the deepest trenches of our oceans and grocery bags litter the slopes of the tallest ... -
Acetonitrile - Environmental Health Criteria 154
(1993)Acetonitrile (CH3CN) is a by-product of acrylonitrile manufacture. It may also be formed by the combustion of wood and vegetation. It is a liquid with an ether-like odour. Acetonitrile is a volatile, highly polar ... -
Acrylic Acid Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 104
(1997)Acrylic acid is a colourless liquid with an irritating acrid odour at room temperature and pressure. Its odour threshold is low (0.20-3.14 mg/rn3). It is miscible in water and most organic solvents. -
Acrylonitrile - Environmental Health Criteria 28
(1983)Acrylonitrile is a colourless, volatile, chemically reactive liquid; it does not occur as a natural product. The monomer is used world-wide, on a large scale, in the manufacture of polymers, fibres, and rubbers and as a ... -
Action Plan for Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Accommodation in Mauritius
(2019)The Action Plan for Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Accommodation in Mauritius sets out a roadmap to a sustainable and resilient tourism accommodation sector in Mauritius. It will enable accommodation providers, their ... -
Action Plan for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 61
(1985)This report promote the sustainable development and sound management on regional marine and coastal resources -
Activities of UNEP in the Field of Environmental Law in 1991
(1992)Since its creation in 1972, UNEP has been very active in the development of environmental law. UNEP can point to the fact that under its auspices tour major global binding agreements - the 1985 Vienna Convention for the ... -
"Addressing Challenges ‐ Identifying Solutions": ICCA Global Product Strategy Sound Chemicals Management is a Global Responsibility
(2011)“Addressing Challenges ‐ Identifying Solutions” ICCA Global Product Strategy Sound Chemicals Management is a Global Responsibility -
Addressing Marine Plastics: A Roadmap to a Circular Economy
(2019)This document provides an action-oriented strategy by identifying a core set of priority solutions to be implemented by targeted stakeholders from the whole plastics value chain. It aims to reduce the leakage of plastics ... -
Addressing Marine Plastics: A Systemic Approach - Recommendations for Action
(2019)Addressing marine plastic pollution is an urgent action, considering the rising levels of plastics in the environment and the impacts to coastal and marine ecosystems. The problem of plastic pollution is crossboundary and ... -
Addressing Marine Plastics: A Systemic Approach - Stocktaking Report
(2018)This report takes stock of the extent of knowledge on plastics in the marine environment.1 It provides a highlevel summary of the available literature on the key sources and locations of these plastics, along with an ... -
Addressing the Social and Financial Challenges of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining: Meeting Summary
(2010)Addressing the Social and Financial Challenges of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining -
Advance Copy - Report of the Fifth Meeting of the Executive Board of the Special Programme to Support Institutional Strengthening
(2019)Fifth meeting of the Executive Board of the Special Programme to support institutional strengthening at the national level for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, the Minamata Convention ... -
Advancing and Sharing Chemicals Management Tools and Approaches: Taking Stock, Looking into the Future - Global Chemicals Outlook II Part III
(2019)Part III provides insights into the progress made, as well as gaps and opportunities concerning science-based approaches, tools, methodologies and instruments used in managing chemicals to protect human health and the ... -
Africa Office Newsletter - May-June 2018
(2018-06)