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Study on Mercury Sources and Emissions, and Analysis of Cost and Effectiveness of Control Measures: “UNEP Paragraph 29 Study"
(2010)
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of mercury emissions to air, control options in selected sectors and their efficiencies and costs. It is prepared with the intention of supporting the on-going negotiation ...
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 ...
Technical and Economic Criteria for Processing Mercury-Containing Tailings - Final Report
(2010)
This report compiles relevant information pertaining to the accumulation of heavy metals and potential remediation of inactive mining-related dumps in and near Andacollo, central Chile. It describes the environmental, ...
Management of Mercury and Mercury-Containing Waste - Final Project Report
(2010)
This project deals with the management of mercury and mercury-containing waste and will contribute to the UNEP priority area on harmful substances and hazardous waste under its Medium Term Strategy with the ultimate goal ...
Options Analysis and Feasibility Study for the Long Term Storage of Mercury in Latin America and the Caribbean: Final Draft Report
(2010)
Mercury is a highly toxic metal. Being an element, mercury cannot be broken down or degraded into harmless substances. Mercury may change between different states and species in its cycle. Once mercury has been released ...
Final Report on Mercury Wastes Management Project in Cambodia
(2010)
This project, dealing with the management of mercury and mercury-containing will contribute to the UNEP priority area on harmful substances and hazardous waste under its medium term Strategy with the ultimate goal of ...
UNEP Global Mercury Partnership: Chlor-Alkali Area
(2010)
The mercury-cell process is one of three manufacturing processes used by the chlor-alkali sector to produce chlorine and caustic
soda. Mercury-cell chlor-alkali production remains a significant use of mercury globally, ...
Mercury Air Transport and Fate Research Area
(2010)
A global understanding of major processes and mechanisms affecting the dynamics of mercury in the atmosphere and interfaces with other ecosystem compartments, particularly biotic, is crucial for setting management 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 ...