strategy
Adopting safety standards for hazardous waste management
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 adopting or adapting safety standards and principles for managing hazardous wastes in an environmentally sound way. Broader:
Improving hazardous waste management Facilitates:
Creating environmental health standards Values:
SafetyHazardWastageMismanagement Subjects:
Society → Maternity, paternitySocietal Problems → Safety
Societal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Waste
Research, Standards → Standards
Management → Management
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
