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Inventory of Mercury Releases in South Africa
(2011)
The benefits of undertaking a situation analysis of mercury in South Africa, and the development of an inventory of mercury use, sources, availability of safer and effective and affordable alternatives where applicable in ...
Global Mercury Assessment 2013: Sources, emissions, releases, and environmental transport
(2013)
This report presents sources of mercury emissions to air and water. It presents estimates of anthropogenic emissions to air from various sources based on data from 2010 and estimates for releases to aquatic environment. ...
Process Optimization Guidance (POG)
(2011)
a tool that has been developed to help determine appropriate approaches to control mercury emissions in individual coal fired power plants.
Challenges for the coal-using energy sector in South Africa and neighbouring nations – efficiency and emissions control options
(2017)
Draft report produced as a discussion piece for the Workshop on Efficiency and Emissions, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 28th February, using grant funding from the US Department of State
Mercury: acting now
(UNEP, 2013)
The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership was initiated in 2005 to take immediate action to protect human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to the environment. It is a voluntary multi-stakeholder ...
Inventory of Mercury Releases in Ethiopia
(2012)
This mercury release inventory was made with the use of the
Inventory of Mercury Releases in Tanzania
(2012)
The National Mercury Inventory for the United Republic of Tanzania has been developed by the Vice President’s Office – Division of Environment through multi-stakeholders task force. The inventory was made with the use of the
Our Planet: Making Our Future Chemical-Safe
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2015)
Chemicals are used in almost every area of the world economy. The future of sustainable development is therefore inseparable from the way chemicals are managed from their design to production, use and disposal. In this ...
Inventory of Mercury Releases in Cameroon
(2011)
Inventory for anthropogenic releases of mercury constitutes an important deci-sion making tool in the process of mitigating environmental impacts from this highly toxic substance in Cameroon. Estimate of both the relative ...
Minamata convention on mercury: text and annexes
(UNEP, 2013)
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is an important advance in global environmental stewardship. This multilateral agreement addresses the devastating effects of mercury through practical actions that will reduce global ...