strategy
Providing education on hazardous waste management in government and industry
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 developing training and education programmes for men and women in industry and government aimed at specific real-life problems - for example, planning and implementing hazardous waste minimization programmes, conducting hazardous material audits or establishing appropriate regulatory programmes.
Facilitates:
Reducing industrial wastesDeveloping environmental education on transboundary air pollutionMaking industry responsible for environmentally sound disposal of its hazardous waste Subjects:
Industry → Industry Societal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Waste
Education → Education
Government → Government
Management → Management
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
