Most coastal urban centres do not have a municipal policy for solid waste management

E. Waste disposal and waste management

Solid Waste Management

Management of waste

Radioactive waste management

Waste management (including sewage treatment)

(b) Management of radioactive waste

The main land based sources of marine litter are municipal landfills (waste dumps) located on the coast, riverine transport of waste from landfills and other sources, discharges of untreated municipal sewage and storm water, industrial facilities, medical waste and tourism (recreational visitors, beach goers).

Institutional Strengthening for Social Management at Municipal Level

In addition, the programme has contributed to environmental health in refugee camps by upgrading water, sewage and solid waste management infrastructures and integrating them with municipal and regional systems.

Information technology and waste management systems

Waste water Biosolids Management in Mexico

Coastal urban centres are generating annually 30 to 40 million tonnes of municipal solid waste.

Similarly, burning municipal solid waste to recover energy produces trace amounts of mercury and dioxins.

Municipal waste water discharges are one of the most significant threats to coastal environments worldwide.

218. Solid waste management and mosquito control.

3. Pollution by dumping and waste management

(b) Pollution by dumping, and waste management

A number of regional programmes are being undertaken that address waste management, including the drafting of a regional waste management strategy and work programme, and community based waste management projects as part of the International Waters Programme.

Annex III to the Madrid Protocol provides guidelines for waste disposal and waste management by parties.

A review of ships' waste management has been undertaken.

Improvement of port reception facilities and better waste management

A radioactive waste management strategy was adopted in 2004.

Energy, agriculture, forestry, waste management, industry, transportation and adaptation

13. Improvement of latrines, waste management and environmental protection

Waste management Parties reported in varying degrees of detail on measures, some planned and some already implemented, to limit emissions in the waste management sector.

Pilot training to strengthen municipal capacities in management of information systems (Habitat)

Definitions for hazardous waste and waste management were necessary and a section on public education was essential.

It concluded that, without legislation and control, most waste generators would not spend enough on waste management.

Rehabilitation of the Gaza municipal waste water treatment plant was completed in October 1997 after retendering of the contract.

The largest CH4 emission reductions are expected to emanate from waste management activities reduction of waste disposal in landfills through recycling and waste incineration.

Environment authorities lack reliable information on solid waste management issues.

Involving women in environmental protection (waste management, improved fireplaces, reforestation).

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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

Furthermore, unlike regulatory measures, an environmental liability scheme promotes innovation in low waste technology and environmentally sound waste management.

Integrated approaches to technology transfer in the area of waste management

It also noted that references would be made to the cross cutting chapters on waste management and waste disposal techniques.

The joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and the safety of radioactive waste management.

1.116 To improve environmental health conditions in refugee camps by implementing developmental projects to upgrade camp infrastructure of water, sewerage, drainage and solid waste management systems and integrating these systems within the municipal regional schemes of the host authorities.

Good information is essential for the formulation of sound waste management policies.

Furthermore, municipal services have a reduced capacity for dealing with waste matter, because of a shortage of equipment and lack of spare parts.

For activity data, a cluster of countries based mainly on waste management practices could be used for estimating certain types of data, such as the waste generation rate, but not for estimating other types of data, such as the amount of waste incinerated or the amount of waste deposited, because these data largely depend on national environmental waste management policies.

For activity data, a cluster of countries based mainly on waste management practices could be used for estimating certain types of data, such as the waste generation rate, but not for estimating other types of data, such as the amount of waste incinerated or the amount of waste deposited, because these data largely depend on national environmental waste management policies.

Waste management is one of the major environmental issues within the Pacific region.