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Vital waste graphics 2

Title
Vital waste graphics 2 / prepared by Emmanuelle Bournay [and others].
Publication
[Nairobi, Kenya] : United Nations Environment Programme, ©2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Bournay, Emmanuelle.
  • United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Environmental Law and Conventions.
  • Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.
  • GRID--Arendal.
Description
45 pages : color illustrations, maps; 30 cm
Summary
Rising mountains of waste have become a major issue of our time. From dumped chemicals and pesticides in Africa to the electronic or e-wastes piling up in Asia, waste and the shipment of hazardous materials require urgent action on both environmental and health grounds. This second edition of Vital Waste Graphics aims to give policymakers, experts, media professionals, teachers and students a comprehensive overview of relevant waste-related issues, causes, effects, as well as possible solutions.--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Refuse and refuse disposal
  • refuse disposal
  • waste disposal
Note
  • "This is a joint publication of the Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC), the Basel Convention Secretariat and GRID-Arendal"--P. [2] of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-43).
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available on the World Wide Web.
Contents
Production. Mountains of altered rock, lakes of gleaming liquids : mining waste -- No energy without waste : energy production waste -- The big waste factory : manufacturing waste -- Distribution. The packaging nightmare : packaging waste -- Message 'round a bottle : bottled water case study -- Consumption. Consumption worlds : consumption worldwide -- The relativity of basic needs : new trends in consumption -- Disposal. Counting the bins : household waste and other categories -- Dump, bury or burn? : waste management -- A model for waste processing? : case study from Heftingsdalen, Norway -- Creative alternatives : case studies from Curitiba and London -- Recycling : the right choice? : reusing/recycling -- Discarding mastodons : ships, planes and other hyperbulk waste -- Official waste trade routes : official waste trade -- Crime industry diversifying : illicit waste trafficking and the Abidjan incident -- International mobilisation -- Waste definitions and legislation.
ISBN
  • 8277010427
  • 9788277010427
OCLC
  • ocm86107306
  • 86107306
  • SCSB-9177346
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library