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Forword by Klaus Toepfer
Introduction
What is waste
A
multitude of approaches and definitions
Waste Generation
How
many million tonnes really?
Waste Cycle
Waste
at every stage
Waste and Public Health
What
are the danger?
Waste from Consumption and Production
Our
increasing appetite for natural resources
A
threat to natural resources
The
Ok Tedi Case: A pot of Gold
Waste from Manufacturing and Agriculture
Making
products makes waste
Municipal Waste
Municipal
waste on the rise
You
and your trash bin: its guilty secret
Waste Management
What
choices for managing waste?
Small
is beautiful
Transport and Trade
Waste
on the move
Trading
waste
Hazardous Waste
Caution,
hazardous waste!
E-Waste
The
great e-waste recycling debate
Shipbreaking
Breaking
more than ships
Radioactive Waste
Never
without my Geiger counter!
Climate Change and Waste
Gas
emissions from waste disposal
Welcome
to ”Vital Waste Graphics”
The publication “Vital Waste Graphics” was initiated by the Basel Convention Secretariat and produced in partnership with the Division of Environmental Conventions (DEC) of UNEP, Grid-Arendal and the Division of Early Warning Assessment-Europe of UNEP. It is being published for the seventh meeting of the Conference to the Parties of the Basel Convention (COP7).
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