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" Selected International Organization
working in Pollution Prevention(PP) and Cleaner Production(CP)
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THE WORLD BANK
THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES, UNITED KINGDOM
ENVIRONMENT AUSTRALIA
THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
(OECD)
THE UNITED NATION'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (UNIDO)
UNITED NATION'S ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
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THE WORLD BANK
The World Bank has a broad database
of research on global economic and
environmental issues.
http://www-esd.worldbank.org/
The most important key issues
for Pollution Prevention in the World Bank site are
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Pollution Management
This site provides access to information on the
Bank's ongoing work on Pollution Management. This
emphasizes integrated environmental management,
rather than just pollution control -- using a
broad mix of incentives and pressures to achieve
sustainable environmental improvements.
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/PMExt.nsf/
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NIPR (New Ideas in Pollution Regulation)
Is a special site for researchers, government
officials and citizens interested in understanding
and improving control of industrial pollution,
especially in developing countries.
http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/index.htm
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Publications
http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce
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Library Site
(Bank-IMF) & JOLIS:
http://jolis.worldbankimflib.org/external.htm
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Books
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The Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook
, a comprehensive manual for industrial
pollution control. http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/Docs/TOC?OpenDocument
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Greening Industry: New
Roles for Communities, Markets and Governments.
The book is described in the NIPR page as
follows: "Rebutting the conventional wisdom
that developing countries lack the infrastructure
and the resources to control pollution,
this study shows how a new combination of
information-intensive, citizen-empowering
strategies can produce impressive results.
With the cost of collecting and disseminating
information falling, this is a timely and
tremendously exciting book." (Tom Teitenberg).
The book can be downloaded from the address
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http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/greening/index.htm
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Software
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The World Bank Group has developed a Decision
Support System for Integrated Pollution
Control (IPC). The IPC system is
a personal computer software package that
comprises a set of extensive databases and
a number of computation models. This software
is downloadable from the site:
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/PMExt.nsf/
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Working Papers
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The Policy Research Working
Paper Series disseminates the findings
of work in progress to encourage the exchange
of ideas about development issues. An objective
of the series is to get the findings out
quickly, even if the presentations are less
than fully polished. The papers carry the
names of the authors and should be used
and cited accordingly. The working papers
can be located in the address: http://www.worldbank.org/nipr/work_paper/
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Energy Sector
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THE EUROPEAN UNION
The most important key issues for
Pollution Prevention in the EU site are
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INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL BUREAU
The European IPPC Bureau exists to catalyst an
exchange of technical information on best available
techniques under the IPPC Directive 96/61/EC and
to create reference documents (BREFs) .IPPC will
apply to a wide range of industrial activities
and the objective of the information exchange
exercise is to assist the efficient implementation
of the directive across the European Union.
http://eippcb.jrc.es/
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Activities of the EIPPCB
Here you will find details of the industrial sectors
being addressed, the people involved in that work,
the background information being used in the work,
records of early technical working group meetings
and draft reference documents as they become available.
http://eippcb.jrc.es/pages/FActivities.htm
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THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
(EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) was created by Executive Order in 1970. The mission
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect
human health and to safeguard the natural environment
- air, water, and land - upon which life depends. The
Internet services of EPA are very wide and EPA can be
an excellent source of information.
http://www.epa.gov/
The most important key issues for
Pollution Prevention in the EPA site are
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The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
(OPPT)
The mission of the Office
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics focuses on
the following four components:Promoting pollution
prevention as the guiding principle for controlling
industrial pollution; Promoting safer chemicals
through a combination of regulatory and voluntary
efforts; Promoting risk reduction so as to minimize
exposure to existing substances such as lead,
asbestos, dioxin, and polychlorinated biphenyls;
and Promoting public understanding of risks by
providing understandable, accessible and complete
information on chemical risks to the broadest
audience possible.
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/opptabt.htm
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The EPA's Office of Compliance: EPA Sector Notebooks
The EPA's Office of Compliance
has developed a series of profiles or notebooks
containing information on selected major industries.
These notebooks, which focus on key indicators
that holistically present air, water, and land
pollutant release data, have been thoroughly reviewed
by experts from both inside and outside the EPA.
The notebooks can be found in:
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/sector/index.html
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Databases and Software
This page lists databases
and software programs produced by or for OPPT.
Items available online can be accessed by clicking
on the links to the file or database. Those which
are not directly available through the website
will have a link to more detailed information,
including where the database or program can be
obtained:
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/opptdb.htm
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Projects and Programs
This web site provides information
about the projects and programs related to Pollution
Prevention and Toxics. U.S. EPA: Pollution Prevention
Projects and Programs:
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/p2pgram.htm
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Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
This Web site provides general
information about P2 practices, describes the
array of P2 programs and initiatives administered
by EPA and other organizations, and provides contacts
for further information.
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/library/libppic.htm
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Programs and initiatives
This site provides information
which aims to facilitate the incorporation of
pollution prevention concepts and principles into
the daily operations of government agencies, businesses,
manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, and individuals.
EPA's P2 program addresses a variety of waste
issues.
http://www.epa.gov/p2/programs/index.htm
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Technical assistance
State technical assistance
programs (TAPs) strive to promote sustainable
development and resource efficiency by providing
services and technical assistance to help businesses
and state agencies enhance their pollution prevention
programs.
http://www.epa.gov/p2/assist/index.htm
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Resources
Provide more information
about Pollution Prevention programs and technical
assistance concerning how to implement pollution
prevention. http://www.epa.gov/p2/resources/index.htm
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Enviro$en$e
part of the U.S. EPA's web
site, provides a single repository for pollution
prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement
information and data bases.
http://es.epa.gov/
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ENVIRONMENT CANADA
Environment Canada is the Canadian counterpart
organisation to EEAA. Environment Canada's mission is
to make sustainable development a reality in Canada
by helping Canadians live and prosper in an environment
that needs to be respected, protected and conserved.
The amount of information provided in the internet is
rather wide.
http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html
The most important key issues for
Pollution Prevention in Environment Canada site are
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The Canadian pollution prevention information
clearinghouse (CPPIC):
The Canadian Pollution Prevention Information
Clearinghouse (CPPIC) is a database providing
Canadians with the information they need to practice
pollution prevention (P2). Search over 1,200 P2
references ranging from fact sheets to case studies
with the quick text search.
http://www3.ec.gc.ca/cppic/index_e.htm
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Routinely asked pollution prevention questions:
http://www3.ec.gc.ca/cppic/solns_e.cfm
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The CEPA Environmental Registry:
is a comprehensive source of public information
relating to activities under the Canadian Environmental
Protection Act, 1999. http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceparegistry/default.cfm
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Canadian Success Stories:
The Canadian Pollution Prevention Success Stories
website, where they recognize Canadian organizations,
companies and individuals who are making a difference.
An inventory of pollution prevention success stories
with a project descriptions, environmental and
economic benefits and contacts that you can reach
for more information.
http://www.ec.gc.ca/pp/index.cfm?language=en
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The Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention ,C2P2,
established by Environment Canada in 1992, is
a non-profit organisation that provides 'at source'
environmental solutions by getting the right information
to the right people:
http://www.c2p2online.com
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Regional, national and international pollution
prevention (P2) information is available
through P2 Internet Site: http://www.c2p2online.com/main.php3?section=39&heading=84.
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Publications of Environment Canada can
be found also in: http://www.ec.gc.ca/pands_e.html#public
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ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES, UNITED KINGDOM
The Environment
Agency in England is found in the address:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/?lang=_e
The Scottish
Environmental Protection Agency is in:
http://www.sepa.org.uk
The Environment
and Heritage Service(EHS) in Northern Ireland
in:
http://www.ehsni.gov.uk
The most important key issues for
Pollution Prevention in the Environmental Agencies in
the United Kingdom site are
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Pollution Prevention Guidelines :
Series of sectoral guidance notes on the prevention
of pollution.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/ppg/?version=1
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Enforcement and prosecution policy - the
revised document setting out the four key principles
of good enforcement, and the factors on which
decisions to prosecute will be based:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/112913/?version=1
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Guidance for Business and Industry
web pages are being provided as an aid to the
location of environmental regulation and policy
carried out by the Environment Agency. This will
include details about Guidance Notes for regulated
industries, information about regulatory regimes
(e.g. IPC, IPPC) as well as information about
pollution prevention and waste minimisation. These
pages now include the full texts of some older
Guidance Notes
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/techguide/IPC/?version=1
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Implementing the Integrated
Pollution Prevention and Control Directive
is described in:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/techguide/ippc/?version=1
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Scottish Environmental
Protection Agency
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The Scottish Environmental
Protection Agency; SEPA's task is
to protect the land, the air, the water,
the core elements forming the very fabric
of our environment. It will do so in partnership
with others and in a way which enables Scotland
to sustain a strong and diverse economy.
http://www.sepa.org.uk
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Pollution prevention
guidance notes (25 pcs) are available
in: http://www.sepa.org.uk/guidance/ppg/ppghome.htm
and other guidance notes in:
http://www.sepa.org.uk/guidance/index.htm
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Publications
There is also a number of leaflets on the
priority environmental questions (all in
PDF-format) which provide short description
of the issues. http://www.sepa.org.uk/publications/index.htmPublications
There is also a number of leaflets on the
priority environmental questions (all in
PDF-format) which provide short description
of the issues.
http://www.sepa.org.uk/publications/index.htm
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ENVIRONMENT AUSTRALIA
Department of the Environment
and Heritage is the Australian Environmental Agency.
It has a well developed knowledge source on the Internet:
Environment Australia. The site provides extensive information
e.g. of the following topics: Assessment & Approvals,
Atmosphere, Biodiversity, Coasts & Oceans, Heritage,
Industry, Inland Waters, Land Management, Meteorology
and Parks & Reserve.
http://www.ea.gov.au
There are also environmental agencies
in the States and Territories in Australia like Environmental
Protection Authority Victoria.
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au
The most important key issues for
Pollution Prevention in Environment Australia site are
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Businesses seeking to adopt eco-efficiency and
cleaner production usually do so by utilising
one or more of the 'tools'
listed below. Each of these tools has been shown
to assist with improving efficiency and environmental
performance.
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/eecp/tools/index.html
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Environment Australia is working with Australian
companies to improve their environmental performance.
It has adopted a two-pronged approach: encouraging
improved environmental management practices through
partnership arrangements with industry, and taking
action to minimise the adverse environmental impacts
of hazardous materials and waste products. The
activities include : Partnership Activities- Minimising
Hazardous Materials and Waste Products-Environment
Industries Mining . http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/index.html
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Environment Australia is one of the key information
sources in Cleaner Production
and eco-efficiency. This site contains
e.g. Examples and Case Studies; Tools, Resources
and Links; Publications and Research Papers and
Eco-efficiency Agreements.
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/eecp
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Waste Management; It
provides links to Hazardous Waste Act Australia
Home Page, National Packaging Covenant Home Page,
Oil Recycling Home Page, WasteWise Construction
Program Home Page and Automotive Waste Resources
Section.
http://www.environment.gov.au/ps/owa/ea
_server_pk.list_ea_documents?subject= Waste+Management&page_format=1
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Publications
The Eco-efficiency and Cleaner
Production homepage provides publications
and research papers in: http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/eecp/publications/index.html
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Case Studies
Examples and case studies by industry (a number
of industrial sectors) are available in:
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/eecp/industry.html
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Working Group
In Australia the University of Queensland is participating
in the UNEP Working Group for Cleaner Production
in the Food Industry . As a result the university
is an excellent source for Cleaner Production
information especially in food industry.
http://www.geosp.uq.edu.au/emc/cp
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THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION
AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
The Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development, OECD. is the international
organisation of the industrialised, market economy countries.
At OECD, representatives from Member countries meet
to exchange information and harmonise policy with a
view to maximising economic growth within Member countries
and assisting non Member countries to develop more rapidly.
http://www.oecd.org/
The most important key issues for
Pollution Prevention in the OECD site are
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OECD's Work on Waste Management is presented
in the address: http://www.oecd.org/ehs/waste/index.htm
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Waste minimisation policy is discussed
in the address: http://www.oecd.org/env/efficiency/wastemini.htm
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Publication
Downloadable documents of the following environmental
and economic issues: Policies, Economic Aspects
of Biodiversity, Trade and Environment, Environment
and Transport, Pollutants:
Treatments and Alternatives, Environment
and Energy, Climate Change, Sustainable
Consumption and Production, Environmental
Performance: Reviews, Data and Indicators, Economies
in Transition can be found in:
http://www.oecd.org/env/online.htm
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Programs
The Environmental Health and
Safety Programme publishes documents in
these different series: Testing and Assessment,
Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring,
Pesticides, Risk Management, Harmonisation of
Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology, Chemical
Accidents, Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
and Emission Scenario Documents. A number of reports
can be downloaded from the address:
http://www.oecd.org/ehs/ehsmono
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Projects
The OECD Environment Directorate launched a Project
on Environmental Requirements
for Industrial Permitting. The project
involved three distinct phases: (i) a survey of
permitting legislation, regulations and practices
in OECD countries; (ii) the preparation of case
studies of four industrial sectors (pulp and paper
with country profiles, metal finishing, oil refining,
and iron and steel); and (iii) an international
workshop on environmental permitting of industrial
facilities which was held in May 1996. A summary
of the publication can be read in the address:
http://www.oecd.org/env/efficiency/technology.htm
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THE UNITED NATION'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
ORGANISATION (UNIDO)
UNIDO has been working with governments,
business associations and individual companies to solve
industrial problems and equip them to help themselves.
As the world has changed, so also has UNIDO. Throughout
its existence, the Organisation has been developing,
advocating and implementing innovative routes to industrial
development Activities of UNIDO are grouped in two areas:
" Strengthening of industrial capacities
" Cleaner and sustainable industrial development
The home page of United Nations Industrial Development
Organisation (UNIDO) is in http://www.unido.org/
The most important key issues for
Pollution Prevention in the UNIDO site are
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UNIDO supports and promotes the sustainable
industrial development of developing countries
and countries with economies in transition. Preserving
the universal character of the Organisation, UNIDO
gives special emphasis to least developed countries,
in particular in Africa. Throughout its programs,
UNIDO promotes international industrial co-operation:
between developed and developing countries, among
developing countries and between developing countries
and countries with economies in transition (Business
Plan on the Future Role and Functions of UNIDO
in
http://www.unido.org/doc/7.htmls
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Publications
http://www.unido.org/doc/Publications.htmls
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The Industrial Development Abstracts (IDA) Database.
UNIDO maintains the IDA Database, which is a source
of information on the activities of UNIDO to assist
industrialisation in developing countries. Information
from the IDA Database can be searched in
http://www.unido.org/IDA.htmls
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UNIDO provides Selected
Websites on Cleaner Production and Related Issues
in:
http://www.unido.org/doc/341476.htmls
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UNITED NATION'S ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
(UNEP)
The mission of the organisation
is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in
caring for the environment by inspiring, informing,
and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality
of life without compromising that of future generations.
The home page of United Nations Environment Programme
is:
http://www.unep.org/
Through the main page UNEP divisions can be found.
The Divisions are
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Communications and Public Information Division,
DCPI -
http://www.unep.org/CPI
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Division of Early Warning and Assessment,
DEWA -
http://www.unep.org/DEWA
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Division of Policy Development and Law, DPDL,
http://www.unep.org/Organigramme/dpdl.html
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Division of Environmental Policy Implementation,
DEPI
http://www.unep.org/DEPI
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Division of Technology, Industry and Economics,
DTIE -
http://www.uneptie.org
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Division of Regional Cooperation, DRC
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http://www.unep.org/DRC
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Division of Environmental Conventions, DEC
http://www.unep.org/Organigramme/dec.html
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UNEP - GEF Coordination Office,
DGEF -
http://www.unep.org/GEF
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The Division of Technology,
Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE) was
created in 1998 as part of the re-organisation
of UNEP. It brought together 4 existing UNEP offices
in an attempt to provide integrated responses
to industrial and urban issues. UNEP DTIE provides
extensive databases of Cleaner Production, Industry,
Pollution, Waste and many other issues. The mission,
Role, Strategy, Structure and oversees offices
of UNEP DTIE can be found in:
http://www.uneptie.org/dtie/about.htm
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The section for cleaner
production activities includes
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UNEP International Declaration on Cleaner Production
The International Declaration on Cleaner Production
is a voluntary but public statement of commitment
to the strategy and practice of Cleaner Production.
By achieving economic, environmental and health/safety
benefits, Cleaner Production provides a significant
contribution to achieving sustainable production
and consumption. http://www.uneptie.org/pc/cp/declaration/home.htm
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National Cleaner Production Centres
UNIDO and UNEP have joined forces to help introduce
Cleaner Production in developing countries and
countries in transition. The UNIDO/UNEP Programme
for National Cleaner Production Centres (NCPCs)
is a unique programme of capacity development
to help achieve adoption and further development
of the Cleaner Production concept at the national
level.
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/cp/ncpc/home.htm
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Cleaner Production Events
In order to further promote the Cleaner Production
concept, UNEP organizes various events.
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/cp/events/home.htm
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The Cleaner Production Network
UNEP's Cleaner Production Programme has played
a catalytic role in establishing an informal international
network for the promotion of Cleaner Production.
The network has representatives from governmental
organizations, multilateral organizations, industrial
stakeholders, development banks, academia and
other non-governmental organizations (including
professional associations such as the World
Cleaner Production Society, World Environment
Centre, World Business Council on Sustainable
Development, etc.). Network members have launched
their own Cleaner Production initiatives, and
have the opportunity to meet every second year
at UNEP's International High-Level Seminar
on Cleaner Production to exchange results
and experiences.
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/cp/network/home.htm
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UNEP Publications
The list of publications produced by UNEP as part
of the work programme on sustainable production
and consumption is in : http://www.emcentre.com/unepweb/RESOURCE/list_publication/lpbfrm.htm
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
The objective of WHO is the attainment
by all people of the highest possible level of health.
Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution, is a state
of complete physical, mental and social well-being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. In support
of its main objective, the Organisation has a wide range
of functions.
http://www.who.int/
The most important key issues for
Pollution Prevention in the WHO are
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