Chemicals and Waste Management CoP August Digest is out now!

What topics did we zoom into over the past months?

Check out below the recent discussion summaries and recordings!
✔️ April 2023 | Integrated Chemicals and Waste Management
?https://ggkp.org/chemandwaste-discussion1

✔️ June 2023 | Chemical Management in Companies
?https://ggkp.org/chemandwaste-discussion2

✔️ July 2023 | Chemicals in Plastics
?https://ggkp.org/chemandwaste-discussion3

Stay tuned for our upcoming discussions to share best practices and key insights into critical issues on chemicals and waste management.

Only around a month left till the Fifth Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5)!

In the lead-up to the ICCM5, watch the recording and read the summary of our very first discussion on "Integrated Chemicals and Waste Management."

IOMC proposes three dimensions of integrated chemicals and waste management:
✅ National systems
✅ Industry action
✅ Sustainable Development Goals

How can we facilitate further discussions and actions on integrated chemicals and waste management?

Share your ideas in the comments!

What are the most pressing issues for you related to chemicals in plastics?

Here is a report that can guide you through the issues linked to plastic pollution and associated chemicals.

"Chemicals in Plastics: A Technical Report" by UNEP integrates two studies on chemicals in plastics, revealing that of the 13,000 substances associated with plastics, more than 3,200 are chemicals of potential concern.

As concerning chemicals have been discovered in plastics across various sectors and product value chains and can be released during any phase of a plastic's life cycle, addressing these chemicals could help resolve a spectrum of SAICM-related and other pressing issues.

Learn more from the recording of the chemicals in plastics discussion where speakers zoomed in on issues and methodologies to handle chemicals in plastics.

What tools are available for businesses, governments, NGOs and academia to facilitate chemicals management?

In the latest Chemicals and Waste Management CoP discussion on "Best Practices for Responsible Chemical and Waste Management in Companies and SMEs," some examples of methodologies used for sound chemical management were highlighted by panelists.

Access them below and share your experiences here!

✅UNITAR: http://smctools-sme.unitar.org/
✅IOMC: https://iomctoolbox.org/
✅IAMC: https://iamc-toolkit.org/
✅Green Industry Platform: https://igosolution.org/

Learn more about the Chemicals and Waste Management CoP discussions ⤵️

What are the most pressing issues related to chemicals in plastics?

What challenges do we face in managing plastics containing hazardous chemicals?

For those of you who missed last week's chemicals and waste management discussion on chemicals and plastics, I am pleased to share the recording!

Check it out now and leave any additional questions to discuss with your peers or comments for future chemicals and waste management discussion topics!