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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It considers the Basel Convention, (77) as the only treaty that attempts to regulate this practice; (78) the Aarhus Convention, as the only existing treaty that makes an explicit reference to the promotion of environmental justice; and finally, the Lome Convention, which has banned the exportation of toxic waste from European Countries to African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries.

Calls for national intervention in the toxic waste trade with Africa: a contemporary issue in the environmental justice debate

Kuehr does support such a ban in accordance with the 1989 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, but he also supports reuse of electronic equipment--which may necessitate international shipments--to reduce the environmental footprint associated with manufacturing.

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A proposal to ban hazardous waste shipments to developing countries will be a key discussion item at the week-long 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Basel Convention, set to begin Oct.

Basel Convention to consider plan to ban HazWaste shipments

Pakistan, May 16 -- The Basel Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is an international treaty designed to reduce the movement of hazardous waste between nations, specifically to prevent its transfer from developed to less developed countries.

Pakistan: Basel Convention

is the only industrialized nation that has not ratified the Basel Convention, which controls and prohibits the dumping of toxic waste in developing countries.

Rewiring recycling habits

"If any company is found to have contravened the strict controls on the export of waste as set out by the Basel Convention, the Environment Agency will not hesitate to take enforcement action."

UK to recall Brazil waste export

The international shipping of electronic waste, or "e-waste," is regulated by the 1989 Basel Convention, which requires signatories to notify developing nations of incoming hazardous waste shipments.

Report reveals flawed U.S. e-waste policies

How the Major Components of the Basel Convention Emphasize

In my backyard: how enabling hazardous waste trade to developing nations can improve the Basel Convention's ability to achieve environmental justice

The Commerce Division informed the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) last month that the import of scrap slag, ash and residues containing metals, arsenic or their compounds containing mainly aluminium had been banned on account of being hazardous waste as defined and classified in the Basel Convention.

Government allows aluminium scrap import for industrial use

As a final step, at the end of a two-week meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the Basel Convention, a treaty that regulates the movement of hazardous materials from one country to another, reached a historic agreement.

GPCA's Dr Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun on plastic circularity to cut waste

In 1989, in response to the growing environmental problem of waste colonialism, the Basel Convention sought to manage the transboundary movement of waste.

Asia Stands Up To 'Waste Colonialism'

Last year, 187 countries agreed to add plastic to the Basel Convention, a treaty that regulates the movement of hazardous materials between countries.