strategy
Providing public information on hazardous waste issues
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. Agenda 21 recommends increasing public awareness and information on hazardous waste issues and promoting the development and dissemination of public information on hazardous waste that the general public can understand. Broader:
Providing public information on waste issuesProviding public information on hazardous substancesDeveloping and sharing health care information and expertise Facilitates:
Involving local communities in pollution controlInvolving local communities in pollution control Facilitated by:
Improving hazardous waste institutionsExpanding public awareness of environmental health hazards Subjects:
Information → Information Societal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Waste
Government → Public
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
