Multimedia Pollution Prevention of Mercury-Containing Waste and Articles: Case Study in Taiwan

In response to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, effective 16 August 2017, Taiwan government in recent years started implement sustainable material management of mercury-containing waste and articles. This was completed by a cross-ministerial collaboration for preventing adverse effects mercury human health environment, based multimedia approach. The legislative or regulatory frameworks control prevention emissions releases have been established environmental distributions, including air, water, soil, waste, food, article (or commodity). Therefore, central authorities included Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), Council Agriculture (COA), Ministry Health Welfare (MOHW), Economic Affairs (MOEA), Labor (MOL). Furthermore, implementation plans covered reduction products restricted use bans its use, remediation soil groundwater mercury-pollution sites, stationary source emissions, monitoring, compulsory recovery from electronic such as lightings. A successful case study using thermal treatment, capture activated carbon, also addressed this work. Due effectiveness Taiwan, annual reported amount air pollution sources indicated decreasing trend 1.989 metric tons 2016 1.760 2019. More significantly, ministerial implementing echoed United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 development goals (SDGs).