ILMC Brochure

Provides an overview of the ILMC and its planned activities. Available as a PDF and HTML format.

ILMC Ceramics Handbook

This book contains a comprehensive body of technical data to enable all those interested in lead glazes for foodware to easily access relevant information in a single source.  Several levels of information have been incorporated to address various needs including, detailed glaze compositions and lead extraction . This Handbook explains the safe use of lead-containing ceramic glazes and decorations in a range of industries from the large manufacturers to smaller cottage industries. Available as a printable PDF (3 MB).

ILMC Ceramics Primer for the non-Ceramist

A fifteen page overview of the safe use of lead glazes for the non-ceramist and those interested in ceramic glazing as a hobby. Available as a printable PDF.

ILMC Conference Papers

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Blacksmith Institute - Bellagio, Italy - October 10 – 14, 2007
Inception Meeting - The Global Pollution Remediation Fund

• Risk Reduction Initiatives in the Lead Industry
• Blacksmith Institute press release

3rd APRCP, Manila Feb. 28 - Mar. 2 2001

• Graphics-inclusive version
• Text-only version

13th International Lead Conference, June 2001

• Cooperation & Partnership
  “The ILMC Experience”
  A Model Approach for the Future

Asia Solid and Hazardous Waste
Management Conference, November 2001

• The Sound Management of Solid Waste in the Lead Industry
  

14th International Lead Conference, October 2003

• Environmentally Sound Management of Used Lead Acid Batteries in Central America and the Caribbean

SBC ULAB Recovery Project Steering Committee Meeting, Caracas, December 2003

• Preparation of a Regional Strategy for the ESM of ULAB in Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and the Caribbean Island States

ILZSG Economic and Environment Committee, London, April 2005

• Training Manual for the Preparation of National Management Plans for ULAB

16th International Lead Conference, Budapest, June 2007

• ILMC Risk Reduction Rhapsody -10 years of Achievement.

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ILMC Workshop Papers

Basel Convention - Environmentally Sound Management of Spent Lead Acid Batteries in Central America and the Caribbean - Project Launching Workshop - Trinidad, May 3/4 2001

• About the ILMC
• What is a Lead Acid Battery and why Recycle Used Batteries
• Life Cycle Scenarios of the Lead Acid Battery

English text-only versions

• About the ILMC
• What Is a Lead Acid Battery -- and Why Recycle Lead Acid Batteries
• Life Cycle Scenarios of the Lead Acid Battery
• Questionnaire
• Overview of the International Lead and Zinc Study Group

Spanish text-only versions

• Casos de vida útil de la batería de plomo ácido
• Reducción del riesgo de la exposición al plomo El compromiso de cooperación de la industria
• Cuestionario de estudio
• Qué es una batería de plomo ácido y por qué deben reciclarse las baterías usadas
• Vista General del Grupo de Estudio Internacional del Plomo y el Zinc (ILZSG)

UNCTAD Workshop on Building National Capacity in Sustainable Management of Recoverable Material/Resources in Rapidly Industrializing Countries Bangkok, September 20-22 2001

PowerPoint versions

• ILMC & Capacity Building
• Strategies for the Informal Sector

Notes versions

• ILMC & Capacity Building
• Strategies for the Informal Sector

Joint Study Groups Recycling Workshop, September 2003

• Battery Design for Cleaner Production

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ILMC Newsletter (NewsCasting)

• Issue 1 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 2 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 3 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 4 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 5 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 6 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 7 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 8 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 9 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 10 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 11 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 12 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 13 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 14 [English text-only | Spanish text-only | Russian text-only]
• Issue 15 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 16 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 17 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]
• Issue 18 [English text-only | Spanish text-only]

ILMC Fact Sheets

• Risk Management Process
• Lead Risk Management at a Lead Recycling Facility