Resources

As complementary input to ongoing UNEP's consideration on the issue of storage of mercury, the Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS), a Germany based independent expert- and research organisation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) has conducted a literature overview to identify and describe existing technologies for the stabilization/solidificatio

World Chlorine Council Publications and Guidelines

World Chlorine Council Publications and Guidelines.

The annual meeting of the Mercury-Containing Products Partnership Area was held via teleconference on 24 September 2009. The teleconference was hosted by the Partnership lead, Dr. Maria Doa of the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA), from EPA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

This report is part of the overall Kyrgyzstan Primary Mercury Mining Project funded by the Government of Norway, Switzerland and the United States of America and being carried out as a partnership between UNITAR, UNEP, and Zoï Environment Network. 

The goal of this research is to assist the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in a decisionmaking scenario to move forward in phasing out (replacing) the primary mercury production at the Khaidarkan Mercury Plant in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. 

United Nations Statement - Kyrgyzstan Primary Mercury Mine, delivered at the Kyrgyzstan National Forum on 6 July 2009, by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Neal Walker.

The future principal sources of mercury in the Latin American and Caribbean region were identified as that recovered as a by-product of mining operations, and recovered from the closure/conversion of mercury cell chlor-alkali plants. A base case scenario suggests that mercury supply may exceed demand as easily as 2015 with total excess easily arising between 2015 and 2050 possibly amounting to

The goal of this project is to assist the Kyrgyz Republic to transition to more sustainable economic activities over the long term, in light of the future Minamata Convention on Mercury. 

Ultimately, limiting mercury supply globally will encourage the transition to alternative technologies in areas where mercury is still used.

World Chlorine Council Publications and Guidelines.

Meeting report of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group (PAG) 1st Meeting, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 31 March until 2 April 2009. 

A report on the national mercury inventory of sources of production, consumption and mercury-containing waste in the environment of Burkina Faso, written by Desiree Ouedraogo, the National Coordinator of the mercury project in Burkina Faso.

Photos taken during the Inception Workshop. The workshop took place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 4-5 March 2009. The Asian Mercury Storage project inception workshop aimed to reduce the eventual supply of mercury to the biosphere by initiating a regional process that will support the sequestration of excess mercury in the Asian region. 

Brazil - Status update of mercury devices substitution in the Health Sector in Sao Paulo, February 2009 

The goal of this project is to assist the Kyrgyz Republic to transition to more sustainable economic activities over the long term, in light of the future Minamata Convention on Mercury.  Ultimately, limiting mercury supply globally will encourage the transition to alternative technologies in areas where mercury is still used.

[ Spanish ] Manejo De Desechos de y con Contenido de Mercurio

Starting in early 2007, three Latin American countries - Chile, Ecuador, and Panama - were selected to participate in a pilot project to provide information on the magnitude of mercury emissions at national level by developing National Mercury Emissions Inventories and linking them to national PRTR systems.

With the support of the government of Norway, this Project was implemented in the Asia Pacific and the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The objective was to provide relevant information aimed at assisting governments find environmentally sound storage options for projected excess or surplus mercury.

World Chlorine Council Publications and Guidelines

In response to a recommendation of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group in 2009, the partnership area has updated a 2004 database of global mercury cell chlorine capacity. According to data compiled, some 100 facilities in 44 nations today have some industrial mercury cell chlorine capacity.

World Chlorine Council Reporting

This overview document outlines the situation regarding the world’s last known exporting mercury mine at Khaidarkan in southern Kyrgyzstan.

This report outlines options for remediation of selected potentially contaminated areas around the Khaidarkan mine site and town, including sludge pond, slag heaps, and tailings pond. Remediation approaches that are sketched out in this document are based on the initial assessment by international and local experts. Remediation measures will have several important benefits.

In 2007, the Governing Council requested UNEP to develop a new report (decision 24/3) focused on atmospheric emissions. The information was presented as a summary report for policy makers entitled The Global Atmospheric Mercury Assessment: Sources, Emissions and Transport released in December 2008.

In 2007, the Governing Council requested UNEP to develop a new report (decision 24/3) focused on atmospheric emissions.