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In this catalogue there are brief descriptions of technologies that can be implemented to address the contamination of water bodies by plastics and microplastics. For each...

Short bio speakers Reuse Solutions: Beat the Plastic Pollution Side Event UNEA 5.2, 28 February 2022 18:15-19:45 EAT

The ozone layer that has shielded the Earth from damaging ultraviolet radiation since life began is diminishing. This is caused by the use we have made, over the past 60 years,...

The key highlights of this month’s issue include: Using blue economy to improve ocean health for sustainable development; Measuring Progress: Environment and the SDGs;...

Sustainable Development Goal 12 – ensuring sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns promotes increased human well-being while decoupling economic growth from...

This tool kit covers water efficiency and deals with the recording and maintaining an accurate and reliable data of water used per processing batch and of course checking for...

This third manual focuses on WEEE/E-waste collection, transport and the financial mechanisms for funding these efforts.It is intended to build the capacity of practitioners and...

The purpose of these Guidelines is to support countries with clear advice for their efforts to introduce or enhance their waste management legislation. The principles these the...

Environmental protection often Involves Costs to the enterprise. In the first four units, we have analysed the reasons why these costs must be accepted, how to minimize them,...

This toolbox1 explores resources which integrate (or give context to) an environmental human rights-based approach to the problem of plastic pollution prevention and management.

Plastic products designed to be used only once before they are disposed of, termed “single-use plastic products”, are increasingly regulated by Governments concerned about the...

This Green Building Procurement Manual suggests green procurement practices within the context of existing public procurement policies and procedures in select Member States of...

These technical guidelines are principally meant to provide guidance to countries who are building their capacity to manage waste in an environmentally sound and efficient way...

This report aims to provide guidance to strengthen national regulatory frameworks in Malaysia through the conduct of a gap analysis, needs assessment and prioritization of legal...

Jordan faces increasing issues with waste as growing populations consume more. Municipal solid waste rose from 2.6 million tonnes in 2014 to almost 3 million tonnes in 2017,...

With the support of International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on...

This impact sheet on ‘Awareness creation and capacity building in eco-labelling in the agricultural sector’ provides a snapshot of results and achievements of the project under...

After having successfully developed and validated a Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan as part of their response to Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable...

This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about...

This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about...