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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed on 22 May 2001 in Stockholm and effective from 17 May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Established in 1974, it is headquartered in Malmö with a main branch in Stockholm. [2] Its main vision is zero waste. [3] Tony Clark is its managing director since 2019. [4] It is a member of the Municipal Waste Europe, [5] an umbrella organisation of public waste management bodies in European countries that was established in 2008. [6]
Stockholm Environment Institute, or SEI, is a non-profit, independent research and policy institute specialising in sustainable development and environmental issues, [1] with seven affiliate offices around the world. [2]
Americans composted about 3.3 million tons of food waste in 2019, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's most recent estimates. That may seem like a lot, but consider that between ...
The definition of ecosan has varied in the past. In 2012, a widely accepted definition of ecosan was formulated by Swedish experts: "Ecological sanitation systems are systems which allow for the safe recycling of nutrients to crop production in such a way that the use of non-renewable resources is minimized.
In 2004, Costner lent her expertise to Czech environmental activists opposing a proposed waste incinerator in Lysá nad Labem. [12] In 2005, she authored Estimating Releases and Prioritizing Sources in the Context of the Stockholm Convention , a study she presented at the 2007 Stockholm Convention (COP 2). [ 7 ]
In California, landfilled food waste accounts for 20% of the state’s methane emissions, which has led to the passage of Senate Bill 1383, a statewide organics recycling law that went into effect ...
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