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Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures
(2017)
The Minamata Convention on Mercury mandates that mercury waste be managed in an environmentally sound manner, taking into account the guidelines developed under the Basel Convention, and in accordance with requirements to ...
Regional Study on Mercury Waste Management in the ASEAN Countries
(2017)
This report provides information on the current state of the mercury waste management systems in each ASEAN Member State (AMS) jurisdiction, which includes the regulatory framework, institutional framework, mercury waste ...
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 ...
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 ...
Basel Convention 'Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Consisting of Elemental Mercury and Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury'
(2012)
The present guidelines provide guidance for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of wastes consisting of elemental mercury and wastes containing or contaminated with mercury, pursuant to decisions VIII/33, IX/15 and ...
The Illegal Trade in Chemicals
(2020)
Chemicals provide important benefits to society and play a vital role in the global economy, but they also carry risks for the environment and human health, with greater risks to vulnerable social groups. Chemicals can ...
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 ...
Environment for Development Perspectives: Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining
(2016)
UNEP DTIE Chemicals Branch work on artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is based on the fact that this is the largest demand sector for mercury globally. A number of targeted actions to promote the reduction of ...