The UNDP GEF project involves demonstrating best practices for the management of mercury waste and promoting mercury-free devices. As health facilities phase out mercury devices, proper methods of storage and transport are needed. This document is intended for project countries where national norms and guidelines for cleanup, storage, and transport of mercury waste do not exist at this time. These suggested guidelines should become part of a broader plan for sequestration and phase-out of mercury.
The objective of this document is to provide guidance to health facilities on the cleanup and temporary on-site storage of mercury, the transport of mercury waste, and its intermediate storage at a centralized facility.
