strategy
Improving standards to encourage use of environmentally sound recycled materials
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 that governments should establish or modify standards or purchasing specifications to avoid discrimination against recycled materials, provided they are environmentally sound. Facilitates:
Developing new recycling technologiesEnsuring continuous corporate environmental improvement Values:
AbuseUnusedUnderuseUnrecycled Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → MaterialResearch, Standards → Standards
Economics → Resource utilization
Environment → Environment
Development → Reform
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
