The research paper offers an overview of some of the main standards and standardization initiatives related to plastics, identifies some of the gaps in the landscape of these standards, and highlights the potential role and limitations of standards in combatting plastics pollution.
In the lead up to the 50th anniversaries of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment and the UN Environment Programme, this briefing paper assesses the successes and shortcomings on hazardous waste policies and management efforts.
This report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change.
This report reviews past and ongoing applications of market-based instruments to address air quality, water and waste management in Asia, and provides recommendations for the use of more efficient and effective environmental management.
There is a long history of dumping hazardous wastes in the seas, on land and in developing countries. This briefing paper addresses post-consumer waste,
especially e-waste, reopening old questions on how to manage the global waste trade.