Prevent discharge of toxic chemicals through supporting regulations
Tools provide guidance and supportive information for Member States to support regulations to prevent discharge of toxic chemicals and advocate appropriate recovery and recycling technology, as well as safe storage and disposal, in line with resolutions WHA63.25 and WHA63.26 (2010), and relevant multilateral environmental agreements.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- Basel Convention on controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes
- UNEP/Basel Convention - Web site of Basel Convention technical guidance documents [accessed 2022]
- UNITAR - Plastic Waste and the Basel Convention online course [accessed 2022]
- SAICM - Gender and the sound management of chemicals and waste [2018]
- UNDP - Chemicals and Waste Management for Sustainable Development (Guidev) [2019]
- UNEP - Benefits of Chemicals Control [2019]
- Strengthening National Information Systems and Information Exchange for the Sound Management of Chemicals - Final Report, UNITAR September 1998
- UNIDO - Toolkit on Innovative Approaches for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Chemical Wastes [accessed 2022]
- UNEP - Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions [2019]
- WHO - Safe management of wastes from health-care activities [2014]
- UNECE - UNECE multilateral environmental agreements [accessed 2022]
- UNEP/Minamata Convention - Guidelines on the environmentally sound interim storage of mercury other than waste mercury [2018]
- UNEP - Practical Sourcebook on Mercury waste storage and disposal [2015]
- UNDP - Guidance on the cleanup, temporary or intermediate storage, and transport of mercury waste from healthcare facilities [2015]
- UNEP/Minamata Convention - Minamata Convention on Mercury at a glance [2017]
- UNEP/Minamata Convention - Overview of Key Operational Articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury [2016]
- WHO - Review of Minamata convention initial assessment reports: key findings for health [2022]
- WHO - Minamata Convention on Mercury: annotated bibliography of WHO information [2021]
- UNEP/Minamata Convention - Becoming a party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury [2022]
- UNIDO - The POP Priority: UNIDO and the Stockholm Convention [2017]
- OECD, UNECE, UNEP: PRTR.net (2013)
- Rotterdam Convention - The Rotterdam Convention Secretariat Resource Kit [accessed 2022]
- Rotterdam Convention - Web site on Chemicals [accessed 2022]
- Rotterdam Convention- E-learning tool on the operation of the Rotterdam Convention [accessed 2022]
- Stockholm Convention - Stockholm Convention website [accessed 2022]
- UNEP/Stockholm Convention - Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices relevant to Article 5 and Annex C of the Stockholm convention [2008/2021]
- WHO - WHA resolutions 70(23), 69.4, 67.11 & 59.15 [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Improvement of health through safe and environmentally sound waste management [2010]
- WHO - Improvement of health through sound management of obsolete pesticides and other obsolete chemicals [2010]
- FAO : Pesticide Registration Toolkit [2020]
- FAO / WHO : Guidelines on management options for empty containers [2008]
- WHO/FAO - International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management. Guidance on pesticide licensing schemes [2021]
- FAO / WHO : Technical guidelines for the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide management [accessed 2022]