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New York advisory council green procurement chemical avoidance list released publicly
As we reported last month, the Sustainability and Green Procurement Advisory Council (Advisory Council) of the New York Interagency Committee on Sustainability and Green Procurement (Interagency Committee) voted 9-1 to recommend creating a `chemical avoidance list` that would be a list of chemicals that New York government agencies should avoid buying. The list would comply with Governor David Paterson`s 2008 Executive Order directing state agencies, public authorities, and public benefit corporations to buy environmentally friendly products. The Interagency Committee met more recently on December ... |
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UN launches global campaign to strengthen synergies in chemicals and waste management
Simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions aim to enhance cooperation and coordination among the three conventions
More than one hundred forty governments will meet in Bali to strengthen ties between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, the world`s three leading treaties promoting the sound management of hazardous chemicals and wastes.
In an effort to further synergies between the three treaties and better target resources for chemicals and waste management on regional and national level, the parties ... |
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