Browsing Manuals, Guides and Toolkits by Subject "WASTES"
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The 2022 International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies - #TheAirWeShare: A Practical Guide for Individuals, Cities, Governments, Schools & Universities, Businesses, Civil Society
(2022-09)On September 7, 2022, the world will celebrate the third International Day of Clean Air for blue skies calling for global action to combat air pollution, one of the greatest health and environmental challenges of our time. ... -
Basel Convention Technical Guidelines on Hazardous Waste: Waste Oils from Petroleum Origins and Sources
(2002)These technical guidelines are principally meant to provide guidance to countries who are building their capacity to manage waste in an environmentally sound and efficient way and in their development of detailed procedures ... -
Compendium of WHO and other UN Guidance on Health and Environment
(World Health Organization, 2021)This compendium provides a systematic compilation of published guidance from WHO and other UN organizations on all major areas of health and the environment. This guidance also includes information about ways to raise ... -
E-waste Vol. III: WEEE / E-waste “Take-back System”
(2012)This third manual focuses on WEEE/E-waste collection, transport and the financial mechanisms for funding these efforts.It is intended to build the capacity of practitioners and decision makers to guide and assist them in ... -
Eco-i Manual - Agri-food Supplement
(2017)This manual contains information specific to the agri-food sector supplementing the eco-innovation manual when working with companies in this sector. As agri-food is a resource intensive sector with significant adverse ... -
Emission Standards & Guidelines Information Clearinghouse (IE-ESGIC) Volume I: Textile Industry Effluent Discharge Standards
(1996)Establishing environmental standards and guidelines for potentially polluting industrial wastes: liquid effluents, air emissions and solid wastes, is an important first step for countries concerned about regulating industrial ... -
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Workbook - IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Volume 2
(1995)The present IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories have been approved by the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the IPCC at Maastricht in September 1994 and subsequently adopted by the IPCC at its 10th ... -
Guidance for Identifying Populations at Risk from Mercury Exposure
(2008)This “Guidance for Identifying Populations at Risk from Mercury Exposure” is intended to inform countries concerned about the potential health impacts of mercury pollution and, if necessary, to assist in identifying specific ... -
Guidance for Prosecutors of Waste Crime
(2020)This Guidance is intended to provide guidance and practical information for authorities involved in the prosecution of cases of illegal traffic in hazardous or other wastes. Whilst the scope of the illegal transboundary ... -
Guidance on the Scope of the Special Programme: Seventh Round of Applications - Call for Applications opens: 6 April 2023 Application Deadline: 11 August 2023
(2023-03)The objective of the Special Programme is to support country-driven institutional strengthening at the national level, in the context of an integrated approach to address the financing of the sound management of chemicals ... -
A Guide for Managing Mercury Waste at Household and Community Level
(2011)Mercury pollution has become a global environmental issue in recent years; however, awareness in families and communities is still weak. The most basic, important and difficult part of mercury ... -
Important and Desirable Environmental Actions (IDEAs) for Selection and Establishment of Resilient and Efficient UN Offices: Benchmarks for Evaluation and Comparative Analysis
(2021-09)IDEAs guidance aims to define an efficient and resilient office building or space in the UN context. It targets the earliest possible stages of office establishment from setting UN requirements as part of preliminary brief ... -
Manuel judiciaire de droit de l'environnement
(2006)Basé sur la publication intitulée "UNEP Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law", ce Manuel a pour but de permettre aux juges nationaux de tous les types de tribunaux des juridictions de droit écrit d’identifier les problèmes ... -
Measuring the Green Transformation of Economy: Guide for EU Eastern Partnership Countries
(2016)The objective of this guide, developed under the EaP GREEN project, is to help governments in the EaP countries in establishing national frameworks for monitoring and analysing the transition towards green growth and to ... -
Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases - First Edition
(2003)This Toolkit is a methodology to help countries just developing their inventories to estimate releases of PCDD/PCDF and also leads them through the process of how to enhance and refine these inventories. The Toolkit’s goal ... -
Toxicology in the Classroom: Understanding Chemicals Risks to Human Health and the Environment - Children's Edition
(2012)The project aims to raise awareness and educate young schoolchildren on the adverse effects of hazardous chemicals. This book aims to provide basic understanding of chemical risks. It is illustrated with easy-to-understand ... -
WasteForce Training and Scenarios
(2021)This presentation will take us through the steps in the process of detecting, investigating, and prosecuting possible waste offences. This presentation is based on the Guidance for Prosecutors of Waste Crime developed by ...
