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Global Mercury Assessment
(2002)
This report responds to the request of the Governing Council (GC) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), through GC decision 21/5, that UNEP undertake a global assessment of mercury and mercury compounds, in ...
Final Report - National Action Plan On Mercury And Mercury-Containing Wastes Management
(2010)
This Action Plan identifies the existing legislative framework on mercury waste management and analyzes the regulatory improvements needed. It further identifies risk reduction measures and potential funding sources to ...
Mercury Waste Management Area - UNEP Global Mercury Partnership
(2019)
The objective of the Partnership Area is to minimize and, where feasible, eliminate unintentional mercury releases to air, water, and land from waste containing mercury and mercury compounds by following a Life Cycle ...
Report of the Implementation of the UNEP/WHO/Government Of Kenya East Africa Dental Amalgam Phase-Down Project
(2014)
The project oh phase-down approach was conceived to assist countries address the use of mercury in dental amalgam. It involved stakeholders in environment, health and dental practitioners. The project helped Kenya understand ...
Development of an Awareness Raising Toolkit for Managing Mercury Waste at Household and Community Level: Summary Report
(2011)
The project aims to develop an awareness raising toolkit for safely managing mercury waste generated at household and community level, and promote the awareness of mercury waste management through ordinary households and ...
Good Practices for Management of Mercury Releases from Waste (First Draft)
(2010)
This document provides practical information when readers of the Basel TG would like to implement principles described in the Basel TG. Some of the information formally included in the Basel TG, such as cases considered ...
Report on Activities Undertaken within the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership January 2009 – June 2010 - A Report of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group
(2010)
The Overarching Framework of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership specifies that one of the responsibilities of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group is to report on activities undertaken within the UNEP Global ...
Update of the Basel Convention Technical Guidelines for Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of Elemental Mercury and Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury
(2013)
Outline of Presentation
•Background of development of the Technical Guidelines
•Contents of the Technical Guidelines
•Mandate and schedule for updating the Technical Guidelines
•Items to be updated after the adoption ...