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Waste management project (2008-2010)
This
project, dealing with the management of mercury and mercury-containing
waste, will contribute to the UNEP priority area on harmful substances and
hazardous waste under its Medium Term Strategy with the ultimate goal of
minimizing the impact of harmful substances and hazardous waste to the
environment and human beings. Specifically, the project supports the UNEP
medium term strategy objective by reducing releases of mercury into the
environment and reducing the exposure of workers and communities to
mercury and mercury-containing waste. The objectives of the project, which
is executed by Chemicals Branch and funded by the Government of Norway,
are:
(1) to increase the
technical capacity of selected countries and other stakeholders in
assessing, managing and reducing the risks to human health and the
environment posed by mercury and mercury-containing waste, and in doing
so,
(2) to test the
applicability of the Draft Technical Guidelines on Environmentally Sound Management of Mercury Waste
This project builds on
the results of the national mercury inventories that have been developed
using the "UNEP
Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Mercury Releases."
Participating countries are Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chile, Pakistan, and
Philippines.
This project will be
complemented by a “sister” project presently developed by the Secretariat
of the Basel Convention involving four countries from the Latin American
region (GRULAC).
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