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Converting Waste Plastics into a Resource-Assessment Guidelines
(UNEP, 2009)
This document pertains to the methodology for waste plastics characterization and quantification (mainly for conversion into resource/fuel) and the assessment of current waste management system including the identification ...
Compendium of Recycling and Destruction Technologies for Waste Oils
(UNEP, 2012)
Waste oil (used oil) is a growing hazardous waste stream closely linked with rapid industrialization and increased automobile use. Recycling and disposal of waste oils is feasible and will not only avoid the negative impacts ...
Improving Municipal Wastewater Management in Coastal Cities. Training manual version 1 February 2004
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)
A Training Manual for Practitioners focusing on objective oriented planning, innovative technological and financial approaches, stakeholder involvment and presentation techniques.
Guidelines on Municipal Wastewater Management
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)
A practical guide for decision-makers and professionals on how to plan, design and finance appropriate and environmentally sound municipal wastewater discharge systems.
A practical guide to landfill management in Pacific Island countries and territories: Volume 1 - Inland-based waste disposal (2nd edition)
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2010)
Solid waste management is an environmental priority for most islands in the Pacific. Unfortunately, lack of recycling and reduction initiatives, poor waste collection systems, open dumpsites, and environmental pollution ...
State of the Environment Report (Illustrated Summary) - Denmark
(Ministry of the Environment in Denmark, 2005)
The report summarises current knowledge of the main trends with regard to the state of the environment and nature in Denmark. The report describes how these developments are connected with developments in society as a whole ...
e-Waste Management in South Asia - Scoping exercise
(Development Alternatives (DA)South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP), 2007)
Development Alternatives (DA) and South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) on 22 September 2007 jointly organised the scoping exercise on e-waste management in South Asia in New Delhi, India. The workshop was ...
Sources, Fate and Effects of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Global Assessment
(International Maritime Organization (IMO), 2015)
The GESAMP assessment focuses on a category of plastic debris termed ‘microplastics’. These small pieces of plastic may enter the ocean as such, or may result from the fragmentation of larger items through the influence ...
Technology, Finance and Statistics for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
(2015)
As this report points out, mostly the news is good. In 2001, it may have seemed a daunting task to halve the 1990 poverty rate − the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day. In fact Asia and the Pacific has ...
Caspian Sea State of the Environment Report
(2011)
This State of the Caspian Sea Environment Report should be seen and considered as a first try out and starting point towards the creation of a shared environmental information system promoting and securing data collection, ...