UNEP Chemicals recently implemented a project to assist countries in the environmentally sound management of mercury waste. One of the projects related to a mercury cell chlor-alkali facility in Uruguay. This project on assessment of the usefulness of the World Chlorine Council guidelines on mercury in the chloralkali sector, aims to provide for all chlorine-alkali plants with mercury cell technology, particularly in developing countries, a reliable and easy to use guide in the management of mercury and a checklist
The overall goal of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership is to protect human health and the environment from the releases of mercury.