| Recycling
Environmentally sound recycling of metals and
minerals can contribute to resource conservation and to protection
of environmental quality in line with the concept of sustainable
resource management. Conversely, badly operated recycling
operations can be a major source of pollution and land contamination.
In the past UNEP has produced a number of publications and conference
presentations to bring out the importance of a cleaner
production approach to recycling, and to raise awareness of
environmental management tools for evaluating recycling technologies.
Principal partners in this work have been for example the International
Lead Management Centre (ILMC), which whom the following publication
has been produced:
Environmental
and Technological Issues Related to Lead-Acid Battery Recycling
- a trainers manual - UNEP (1996)
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