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.

Broader

Improving hazardous waste management

Preventing waste

Achieving cleaner production

Narrower

Making industry responsible for environmentally sound disposal of its hazardous waste

Urging industry to publish information on their management of hazardous waste

Treating industrial wastes at source

Taking an integrated approach to environmental protection in national laws

Supporting industry training programmes on waste management

Supporting industry in phasing-out processes generating high risk hazardous waste

Supporting industry in building cleaner production into product design

Supporting industry demonstration projects on cleaner production

Strengthening cooperation on monitoring effects of hazardous waste management

Setting up technology assessment centres

Setting guidelines for cost/benefit assessment of cleaner production

Regulating industrial environmental performance

Preparing inventories in developing countries on hazardous waste production

Increasing research on cost-effective alternatives for hazardous processes

Increasing government / industry cooperation on waste minimization

Including cleaner production guidelines in industry training programmes

Improving standards to encourage use of environmentally sound recycled materials

Improving coordination of policy on hazardous waste

Funding cleaner technology transfer to developing countries

Funding cleaner technology research

Facilitating transfer of clean technology

Facilitating transfer of clean low-waste production processes

Expanding public information on cleaner production

Establishing training centres on environmentally sound technologies

Establishing facilities in each country to handle its own hazardous wastes

Eliminating disease-breeding waste

Cooperating with industry on guidelines of conduct for cleaner production

Assessing effectiveness of existing information systems on hazardous waste

Adopting national programmes to reduce hazardous waste

Facilitates

Reducing amount of hazardous waste for disposal

Facilitated by

Developing conventions on transboundary movement of hazardous waste

Reducing amount of electronic scrap

Value

Web link

Agenda 21

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database

Global strategies

Type

Subject

Industry » Production

Societal problems » Prevention

Societal problems » Hazards

Societal problems » Waste

Content quality

Yet to rate

Language

English

Last update

Dec 3, 2024