Overview: The main use of mercury in Ghana is gold processing by legal and illegal smal scale gold miners. It can also be found in health care products, such as thermometers and valves, in the textile industry, and in electrical appliances, such as lamps, batteries and switching devices.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Contact person: Paolo DALLA STELLA (Email: paolo.d.stella@undp.org)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Contact person: Nelson MANDA (Email: Nelson.MANDA@unitar.org)
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Executing agency
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) of Switzerland
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
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Contact Person: Angela GUILLEMOT (Email: Angela.GUILLEMOT@unitar.org)