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Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea (8%) and off-shore activity (1%). Land-based … the operation of a vessel for the purpose of discharging waste, as that is dumping. Pollution from vessels can take … uses conflict with and undermine each other. For example, waste disposal has undermined fishing and recreation in some …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… ELV Emission Limit Value ELVc Emission Limit Value for waste gases ELVf Emission Limit Value for fugitive emissions … printing on paper and is under development for printing on plastic. Waterborne inks for screen and rotogravure printing … as from open-bottom canisters (where used) and from some plastic fuel-system materials which are reportedly subject to …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… and seize environmental contraband (such as hazardous waste, ozone-depleting substances, or endangered species). … and n a 1% levy on all goods imported in containers of plastic, glass, metal, or paperboard, in addition to empty containers imported made of plastic, glass, metal, or paperboard. Businesses engaged in …
31 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

… pollution Index of coastal eutrophication and floating plastic debris density Target 8 By 2020, pollution, including …
31 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity

… prohibited. The requirements for disposal of other (non-plastic) garbage are much stricter in ‘Special Areas’. … of MARPOL and requires parties to ensure that appropriate waste reception facilities are available in their ports and … Area under Annexes I and V, but the absence of adequate waste reception facilities has not enabled the Special Area …
31 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… of the Parties, the following technology: Municipal solid waste incinerators (for foams containing ozone-depleting … under Article 4B and international agreements on waste; Noting that the 2009 report by the Halon Technical … many countries, and that not-in-kind alternatives (such as plastic pallets or cardboard pallets) are available …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere