Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by Country/Region "North America"
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Converting Waste Agricultural Biomass into a Resource-Compendium of Technologies
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)Globally, 140 billion metric tons of biomass wastes are generated every year from agriculture equivalent to about 50 billion tons of oil. As raw materials, biomass wastes have attractive potentials for both large-scale ... -
Converting Waste Plastics into a Resource-Assessment Guidelines
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 ... -
Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan-Training Manual Vol. 1: Waste Characterization and Quantification with Projections for Future
This book is the first volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers in waste characterization and ... -
Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan-Training Manual Vol. 2: Assessment of Current Waste Management System and Gaps therein
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)This book is the second volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers for assessing current waste ... -
Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan-Training Manual Vol. 3: Targets and Issues of Concern for ISWM
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)This book is the third volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers for setting targets for ISWM ... -
Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan-Training Manual Vol. 4: ISWM Plan
This book is the fourth and last volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and policy makers for developing a ... -
Global report on validated alternatives to the use of methyl bromide for soil fumigation
(UNEPFAO, 2001)Methyl bromide (MeBr), used as a fumigant to control several soil-borne pests in various crops, is a strong ozone depleter, and governments and international agencies aware of the problem have agreed to establish a programme ... -
Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along international waters: North America
The main problem in North America is the location of water resources relative to large population centers where the majority of the freshwater drains away from the bulk of the population. Climate variability and change is ... -
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2008 Report on the Environment (ROE)
EPA’s 2008 Report on the Environment demonstrates the importance of scientifically sound information to help us understand the state of the environment, identify areas of concern, and monitor progress. We can all celebrate ... -
UNEP emerging issues: global honey bee colony disorder and other threats to insect pollinators
This report concludes that currently available global data and knowledge on the decline of pollinators are not sufficiently conclusive to demonstrate that there is a worldwide pollinator and related crop production crisis. ...