Ask Kei Ohno all you need to know about chemicals proposed to be newly listed at this year’s Conference of the Parties

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The region has been host to a number of hazardous waste management and cleaner production projects sponsored by international and bilateral donors over the past decades. Nonetheless, the infrastructure for management of hazardous wastes - including legislation, administration and disposal - remains extremely patchy throughout the countries of the region. This would seem to argue strongly for a step-by-step approach that sets in place the basic information, as well as the legislative and administrative requirements before a comprehensive practical waste management strategy could be formulated.

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This guide aims at providing the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with useful practices of Hazardous waste management(HWM). Indeed, this guide allows the user to explore his/her company and to identify its weaknesses in order to take adequate corrective measures. Moreover, the guide is adapted to local needs by adopting a systematic methodology designed according to the available local rules and regulations.  The steps described in the methodology section can be followed in a systematic way throughout the guide to reach to a full understanding of the hazardous materials (HM) and hazardous waste (HW) status, and to develop and implement an appropriate action plan for managing the hazardous materials and hazardous waste.

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At the third meeting of the Expert Group on best available techniques (BAT) and best environmental practices (BEP) in Tokyo in October 2004, UNEP Chemicals foreshadowed a series of regional consultations on the draft guidance to assist countries prepare for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention (COP-1) to be held in May of 2005. It was considered that successful COP consideration, and subsequent use of the guidelines, would depend on participants’ understanding of the issues. It was important also that the guidance be representative of all regions.

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