Side Event at BRS Conventions COPs | Mercury Waste Management

 Mercury waste management

Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 13:15-14:45 CEST, (UTC+03:00) Nairobi

Co-organized by the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, the Secretariat of the BRS Conventions and the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership, this event will address the challenges faced by developing countries in managing and disposing of mercury waste in an environmentally sound manner. Speakers will present recent developments on mercury waste including the mercury waste thresholds under the Minamata Convention and the update to the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management under the Basel Convention, and discuss ways to overcome the capacity gap that developing countries face.

This event will take place in a hybrid format, both in-person and virtually. In-person participation is open to the registered participants to the BRS COPs. Online participation is open to all. It will be broadcasted on WebEx.

TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY: 

No registration needed to participate in the event remotely, simply join on Webex