4 multilateral treaties
90 court decisions
421 multilateral environment agreement-related documents
3 environmental goals and declarations
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Chemicals and Waste
Definition(s)
The total supervision of waste production, handling, processing, storage, and transport from its point of generation to its final acceptable disposal. (Source:GEMET-HMD / ISEP)
Hierarchy
Broader: waste
Narrower: recyclingwaste collectionwaste disposalwaste exportwaste preventionwaste recoverywaste storagewaste treatment
Related terms:
management of waste
Concept URI: https://www.informea.org/en/terms/waste-management
In other languages
French
gestion des déchets
Russian
управление отходами
Spanish
gestión de residuos
Chinese, Simplified
废物管理
Arabic
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with waste management
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waste management. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
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Basel Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs22 decisions342 documents |
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Convention on Migratory Species | 1 article or paragraph |
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Stockholm Convention | 5 articles and paragraphs74 documents |
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Rotterdam Convention | 3 documents |
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Offshore Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 1 article or paragraph |
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Jeddah Convention | 1 article or paragraph |
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Bamako Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Minamata Convention on Mercury | 1 article or paragraph2 documents |
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United Nations Environment Assembly | 7 decisions |
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