Browsing UNEP Publications by Subject "recycling"
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A manual for water and waste management: what the tourism industry can do to improve its performance
(UNEP, 2003)This manual provides guidelines and examples of how tourism operations can achieve positive results and minimize harm to a community's ecological and physical systems. Specific case studies highlight larger hotel chains, ... -
Advancing sustainable consumption in Asia: a guidance manual
(UNEP, 2005)This manual provides practical guidance to governments in Asian countries on implementation of the sustainable consumption section of the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection. Using a question and answer format, the guide ... -
After the Tsunami sustainable building: guidelines for South-East Asia
(UNEP, 2007)The Tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004 affected a dozen Indian Ocean countries, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and Maldives, Malaysia and Myanmar, with a death toll reportedly exceeding 250,000 and ... -
Changing production patterns: learning from the experience of national cleaner production centres
(UNEP, 2002)Guidelines to establish cleaner production centres. Topics include: Setting up an NCPC, NCPC activities, integrating cleaner Production, financial sustainability, and frequently asked questions. -
Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone: summary for decision makers
(UNEP, 2011)This document summarizes findings and conclusions of the assessment report: Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone. The assessment looks into all aspects of anthropogenic emissions of black carbon ... -
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment: From Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012)
(UNEP, 2011)This innovative publication, which is based on statistical evidence, illustrates major global environmental, economic and social changes since 1992. The numbers tell the story of how, in twenty years, the world has changed ... -
Recovery and recycling systems guidelines: phasing out ODS in developing countries, refrigeration sector
(UNEP, 1999)The objective of these guidelines is to help developing country governments and industry design and establish recovery and recycling systems and operate them efficiently. -
Sanitation, wastewater management and sustainability: From waste disposal to resource recovery
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)This book distils some of the latest thinking and experiences on how to make sanitation and wastewater management more sustainable and on how they can contribute to broader societal sustainability. In particular, it focuses ... -
Standards and codes of practice to eliminate dependency on Halons: handbook of good practices in the Halon sector
(UNEP, 2001)Use smart policies to achieve Halon management goals. This handbook explains the importance of standards and codes of practice in the phase out process and provides guidance on how to use those instruments to support the ... -
Voluntary environmental initiatives for sustainable industrial development: concepts and applications
(UNEP, 2003)The following document provides an introduction to a number of voluntary initiatives being promoted by UNEP's Regional Office for West Asia's Regional Industry Programme.
