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Life cycle based alternatives assessment (LCAA) for chemical substitution

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Green Chemistry
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July 2020
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AbstractThe world faces an increasing need to phase out harmful chemicals and design sustainable alternatives across various consumer products and industrial applications. Alternatives assessment is an emerging field focusing on identifying viable solutions to substitute harmful chemicals. However, current methods fail to consider trade-offs from human and ecosystem exposures, and from impacts associated with chemical supply chains and product life cycles. To close this gap, we propose a life cycle based alternatives assessment (LCAA) framework for consistently integrating quantitative exposure
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in toys Chemicals in building products
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Process Considerations for Drafting Lead Paint Laws

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Lead Paint Alliance ,
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August 2020
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In response to questions received by the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint on roadmaps for developing regulations on lead content in paint, the Alliance offers the following process considerations. Questions are illustrative, indicating the kinds of information a government might consider as it undertakes each component of a drafting process.
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
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Market Analysis of the paint industry in Colombia (Draft / Spanish only)

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CNPML
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July 2020
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Las pinturas se han convertido en parte esencial del estilo de vida de la sociedad moderna, el color de ellas es apetecido por sus funciones estéticas, decorativas, de protección para productos y hasta en usos como códigos de seguridad, sin embargo, su producción y uso plantea aun muchos retos en los cuales se viene trabajando tanto a nivel mundial como local.Los países más industrializados prohibieron desde hace más de 40 años el uso de pinturas con plomo. Colombia aún carece
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
Project document

Project document: Global Best Practices on Emerging Chemical Policy Issues of Concern under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

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SAICM GEF ,
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May 2018
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Project document of Global Best Practices on Emerging Chemical Policy Issues of Concern under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in building products Chemicals in toys Knowledge Management
Report

Update on the Global Status of Legal Limits on Lead in Paint

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UNEP
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February 2021
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The new 2020 Update on the Global Status of Legal Limits on Lead in Paint reports new laws, new tools, and new momentum on progress toward laws to eliminate lead paint in 2020. Available in English and Spanish, the Update also describes activity and results by region. As of 31 December 2020, 79 countries have confirmed that they have legally binding controls on lead in paint, which is 41% of all countries. Since October 2019, Colombia, Lebanon and Vietnam established

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
[English] 2020 Update[English] 2019 Update[Spanish] 2019 Actualización2018 Update2017 Update2016 Global Status Report
Factsheets and brochures

Suggested Steps for Establishing a Lead Paint Law

December 2019
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This fact sheet outlines steps that have been helpful in countries that have adopted lead paint laws. The steps are not necessarily sequential or needed in every country.
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
Infographic

Interactive visualisation of the status of lead paint laws

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SAICM
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January 2020
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The interactive map shows the status of national lead paint laws as provided by governments to UNEP and WHO, Secretariat of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint. Information on an individual country’s lead paint law can be found by hovering over each country. The year indicates the year a country passed its lead paint law.This data visualization was prepared under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) full sized project 9771: Global best practices on emerging chemical policy issues of concern
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
Policy document

Model Law and Guidance for Regulating Lead Paint

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UNEP
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July 2018
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UN Environment, in cooperation with World Health Organization, United States Environment Protection Agency and other partners, has developed a model law and guidance in order to assist countries in establishing and implementing regulation on lead paint.The purpose of this guidance is to assist countries to enact new laws (or to modify their existing laws) to establish a single regulatory limit on the total lead content in paints. The guidance describes the key elements of effective and enforceable legal requirements. It

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
English Arabic Azeri Chinese, Simplified French Russian Spanish Model Law (in all 6 UN Languages)
Report

Global Waste Management Outlook

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UN Environment Programme ,
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January 2015
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Better waste management offers great potential to help us meet the sustainability challenges ahead. Targeting decision-makers and many other inter-connected sectors, the Global Waste Management Outlook (GWMO) was launched at the World Congress of The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) in Belgium on 7 September, 2015 . The publication also contains two summary documents, making the information concise and accessible.Developed by UNEP in collaboration with ISWA in response to the UNEP Governing Council request of February 2013, its goal was
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: E-waste Life Cycle Chemicals in building products
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Manuals and toolkits

Lead Paint Reformulation Technical Guidelines

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Lead Paint Alliance , SAICM UN Environment Programme , World Health Organization
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May 2022
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The Lead Paint Reformulation Technical Guidelines have developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and guided by the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint. The document provide a comprehensive starting point for all stakeholders to learn more about paint reformulation and best practices. They offer general information on processes and provide a step-by-step approach to reformulation, indicating where to find relevant information such as alternative raw materials and additional details such as standards for testing and in-depth case studies.The

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
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