1st Workshop on Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Waste in Cancun, Mexico, 28-29 October 1999

1st Workshop on Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Wastes destined for recovery operations held on 28-29 October 1999 in Cancun, Mexico

Meeting Documents:

• Agenda 
• Summary Report

Session One:

• Environmentally Sound Management of hazardous waste exported for recovery: an Australian perspective
• The Austrian experience on ESM
• Environmentally Sound Management in a country undergoing transition of economy: case study Czech Republic
• Environmentally Sound Management in Germany
• Experience with Environmentally Sound Management in Mexico
• Environmentally Sound Management in the Netherlands 
• Development of a strategy for the Environmentally Sound Management of wastes in South Africa
• Environmentally Sound Management in the UK
• Standards of Environmentally Sound Management of recoverable wastes : Scoping Paper

Session Two:

• A framework for the Environmentally Sound Management of the recycling of hazardous wastes in developed and developing countries
• Considerations for simple and effective approaches to Environmentally Sound Management
• Waste management facility audits: The general electric experience and OECD guidelines
• Environmentally Sound Management: Recycling of used lead-acid batteries in the Philippines
• The Basel Convention implementation of Environmentally Sound Management
• The Application of ISO 14001 to the Management of Municipal Waste: Canadian Case Example
• Legal Implementation of "Environmentally Sound Management" the Canadian experience