Mercury - Acting Now!

MercuryWaste Management Articles 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 and Annex D

Good Practices for Management of Mercury Releases from Waste, UNEP 2010

Lead : Ministry of Environment, Japan

Objective : Reduce mercury releases to air, water, and land frommercury waste by following a lifecycle management approach.

A list of resource persons has been established to facilitate technical assistance to reduce mercury release from waste.

Input from Natural Resources

Production

Recovered mercury

Mercury added product

Wastes

(Collection and transportation )

Use

Permanent storage or specially engineered landfill

Storage

Wastes

Recovery

(Collection and transportation )

Stabilisation/ Solidification

Stabilised/ solidified waste

Storage

*This figure does not cover the flow of waste contaminated with mercury.

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