Minamata convention

October 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Minamata Convention. A deal that showed the

With the introduction of the Minamata convention there is a need to understand the global changes in supply

Managing mercury risk is an important issue for many Australian industrial companies. Mercury causes very harmful and lasting

Importantly, the Minamata convention became a reality in Australia last year for mercury waste. This convention was the

An Indian NGO, Toxic Links, has had success in its efforts to tackle mercury pollution from lighting waste.

When talking about global pollution problems it’s tempting to focus on big, impressive numbers but these tend to

For over 20 years Ecocycle has been collecting and recycling the mercury from dental amalgam waste and to

South Australia is widely recognised as a leader in recycling and waste reduction. Its famous 10 cent deposit

Ecocycle is Australia’s largest fluorescent lights recycling company. We also recycle light bulbs that don’t contain mercury. In

In the mid-1950s doctors in the Japanese city of Minamata began to see patients with severe neurological symptoms.