Mercury storage | Minamata Convention on Mercury

Mercury storage

The Minamata Convention on Mercury requires Parties to take measures to ensure the environmentally sound interim storage of mercury other than waste mercury, taking into account guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties. It promotes best practices to prevent releases and protect human health and the environment.

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Infographic

Infographic: Mercury life-stages

Check out the interactive infographic version to learn more about how mercury flows from supply and trade to use, emissions and releases to sto

Presentation

Minamata Online 3: Technical guidelines on mercury waste management

Full presentations of the Minamata Online webinar that took place on 5 October 2022.

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Workshop to share knowledge among Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama and Peru on mercury trade

A workshop to share knowledge among Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama and Peru on mercury trade was held in La Paz, Bolivia, from 8 to 10 October 2019, with the funding provided by the Eur

Documents

MC-2/6 - Environmentally sound interim storage of mercury other than waste mercury

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Decision

| 06.12.2018

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MC-1/18 - Draft guidelines on the interim storage of mercury and mercury compounds referred to in paragraph 3 of article 10

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Decision

| 22.11.2017

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