Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures

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United Nations Environment Programme
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RT Generic T1 Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures A1 United Nations Environment Programme YR 2017 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22766 PB AB TY - GEN T1 - Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures AU - United Nations Environment Programme Y1 - 2017 UR - https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22766 PB - AB - @misc{20.500.11822_22766 author = {United Nations Environment Programme}, title = {Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures}, year = {2017}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22766} } @misc{20.500.11822_22766 author = {United Nations Environment Programme}, title = {Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures}, year = {2017}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22766} } TY - GEN T1 - Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures AU - United Nations Environment Programme UR - https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22766 PB - AB -View/Open
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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 be adopted by the Conference of the Parties. The United Nations Environment Programme, through its International Environmental Technology Centre, conducted this Global Mercury Waste Assessment, which included fact-finding missions to almost 30 countries. The assessment describes the current mercury waste management practices in these countries, and provides a basis for understanding the size and nature of the gap between current practices and the environmentally sound mercury waste management envisioned in the Minamata Convention. The central finding is clear: The gap between the provisions of the Minamata Convention and the current mercury waste management practices is wide.
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