mercury releases

Mercury releases

The Minamata Convention on Mercury requires Parties to control mercury releases to land and water from relevant point sources. It promotes the use of best available techniques and best environmental practices to minimize pollution from industrial activities.

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Cover of the publication, written 'Guidance on Mercury Releases'

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Guidance on Mercury Releases

This document sets out guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) to control releases of mercury from relevant sources, adopted by the Conference of the Partie

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Implementation of the Minamata Convention: Article 9 – Mercury Releases to Land and Water

This session will outline how the Minamata Convention addresses the releases of mercury to land and water (Article 9), including the guidance on release inventory adopted at COP-4 and guidance on b

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Expert groups on Annexes A and B and mercury releases met electronically on 7 May

Submissions on Annexes A and B are due by 15 May. The draft general guidance on release inventory is still open for comments until 19 June.

Documents

MC-5/9 - Guidance on the best available techniques and best environmental practices to control releases from relevant sources

Decision

| 24.11.2023

| 401.87 KB

MC-4/5 - Mercury releases

Decision

| 08.04.2022

| 349.96 KB

MC-3/4 - Releases of mercury

Decision

| 07.01.2020

| 251.54 KB

MC-2/3 - Releases

Decision

| 06.12.2018

| 265.91 KB

MC-1/17 - Guidance in relation to mercury releases

Decision

| 22.11.2017

| 238.30 KB

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