This Business Plan describes the main objectives and activities of the Mercury Waste Management Partnership Area of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Mercury Partnership. It serves as a planning and communication vehicle both for Partners and others.The purpose of the business plan is to provide a framework for articulating shared goals, and for developing and implementing projects. The business plan is to serve as a resource for providing a common, cohesive structure for implementing the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership on Waste Management. Through UNEP Governing Council Decision 24/3, UNEP was requested, working in consultation with Governments and other stakeholders, to strengthen the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership. The Government of Japan initiated this Partnership Area in early 2008 as a mean of strengthening the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership on Waste Management.