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Basel Convention
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Basel Convention
A treaty intended to reduce the transfer of hazardous waste across international lines, especially between developed countries and the developing world. Hazardous waste is defined in the treaty as anything considered hazardous waste in the country in which it originated. Interestingly, it does not deal with radioactive waste. It was signed in 1989 and went into effect in 1992.
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In response, international political leaders drafted the 1995 Basel Ban Amendment, which prohibits the export of any hazardous waste from the EU, countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Liechtenstein.
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THE BASEL BAN AMENDMENT: WHY IT AROSE AND OBSTACLES TO RATIFICATION VI.
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Although technically in effect, the Convention remains unratified by the United States, as does the later Basel Ban Amendment to prohibit (not simply reduce) exports of hazardous wastes from specific developed countries to developing ones.
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