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Process Considerations for Drafting Lead Paint Laws

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August 2020

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

Factsheets and brochures

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

Report

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

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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

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

E-learning

Introduction to Life Cycle Thinking

January 2020

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This is one of the Life Cycle Initiative E-learning modules, with courses in English, French, Arabic and Spanish. This E-Learning Module Kit draws on materials from the Life Cycle Initiative and it is aimed at helping give all participants an overview of life cycle approaches while developing understanding as to how to assess the impacts of any given sustainability issue considering all of its life cycle stages. The module is also intended as a guide to which kind of LCT

Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products

Topics: Life Cycle

Website

SCP Hotspots Analysis Tool (SCP-HAT)

January 2020

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The SCP Hotspots Analysis Tool (SCP-HAT) aims at identifying the hot spot areas of unsustainable production and consumption in order to support setting priorities in national SCP and climate policies.

Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products

Topics: Life Cycle Knowledge Management

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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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

Report

Single-Use Plastic Products (SUPP) and their alternatives: Recommendations from Life Cycle Assessments

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UNEP , Life Cycle Initiative

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February 2021

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UN Environment Programme (UNEP) defines single use plastic products as “an umbrella term for different types of products that are typically used once before being thrown away or recycled” (UNEP 2018), which includes food packaging, bottles, straws, containers, cups, cutlery and shopping bags. It has been estimated that about 100-150 million tonnes of plastics are produced for single use products and about 8 million tonnes of plastics are dumped into the oceans every year (Plastics Oceans 2019)There is a need

Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products

Topics: Life Cycle

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Global Waste Management Outlook

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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