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Mercury Storage Project Inception Workshop

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The workshop took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 22-23 April 2009. The Latin American Mercury Storage Project Inception Workshop aimed to reduce the eventual supply of mercury to the biosphere by initiating a regional process that will support the sequestration of excess mercury in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.

Meeting documents:          

“Assessment Report of Excess Mercury Supply in Latin America and the Caribbean,2010-2050”

Technical Presentations:

  • USA work on Surplus Mercury: English Spanish
  • Managing Excess USA Mercury English Spanish
  • Mercury Storage Facility in the USA
    English: Part 1 2 3 4 5
    Spanish Part 1 2 3 4 5
  • Mercury Storage in Europe and Germany Regulations and General Conditions English
  • Underground Waste Disposal in the EU English Spanish
  • UNEP Mercury Storage Project English  Spanish
  • Mercury Storage Facility English Spanish
  • UNEP Global Mercury Partnership English
  • Assessment of Excess Mercury Supply in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010-2050 English
  • Basel Convention Coordinating Center: current activities on Mercury Spanish
  • Chile: National Mercury Inventory and National Management Plan Spanish
  • Honduras: Reducing Mercury Release in the Hospital Spanish