strategy
Preventing production of hazardous wastes
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Narrower:
Eliminating disease-breeding wasteTreating industrial wastes at sourceSetting up technology assessment centresFacilitating transfer of clean technologyRegulating industrial environmental performanceExpanding public information on cleaner productionImproving coordination of policy on hazardous wasteAdopting national programmes to reduce hazardous wasteSupporting industry training programmes on waste managementFunding cleaner technology transfer to developing countriesSupporting industry demonstration projects on cleaner productionIncreasing government / industry cooperation on waste minimizationEstablishing training centres on environmentally sound technologiesSetting guidelines for cost/benefit assessment of cleaner productionFunding cleaner technology researchSupporting industry in building cleaner production into product designIncluding cleaner production guidelines in industry training programmesCooperating with industry on guidelines of conduct for cleaner productionAssessing effectiveness of existing information systems on hazardous wasteAssessing effectiveness of existing information systems on hazardous wasteEstablishing facilities in each country to handle its own hazardous wastesTaking an integrated approach to environmental protection in national lawsPreparing inventories in developing countries on hazardous waste productionFacilitating transfer of clean low-waste production processesStrengthening cooperation on monitoring effects of hazardous waste managementUrging industry to publish information on their management of hazardous wasteImproving standards to encourage use of environmentally sound recycled materialsStrengthening cradle-to-grave environmental impact assessment of hazardous wasteSupporting industry in phasing-out processes generating high risk hazardous wasteMaking industry responsible for environmentally sound disposal of its hazardous waste Facilitates:
Reducing amount of hazardous waste for disposal Subjects:
Industry → ProductionSocietal Problems → Prevention
Societal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Waste
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
