Improving hazardous waste institutions
Description
Improving hazardous waste institutions involves strengthening regulatory frameworks, enhancing monitoring and enforcement capacities, and fostering inter-agency coordination to ensure safe handling, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials. This strategy aims to remedy gaps in oversight, reduce illegal dumping, and mitigate environmental and health risks by establishing clear standards, providing technical training, and promoting public transparency. Effective institutions enable rapid response to incidents and support sustainable waste management practices at local, national, and international levels.
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 promoting and strengthening institutional capacities in hazardous waste management.
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Global strategies
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(C) Cross-sectoral strategies
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English
1A4N
J2586
DOCID
12025860
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197381
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Last update
Dec 3, 2024