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Marine plastic litter and microplastics

… Basel Convention: The Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal … sound management as well as the control of their transboundary movement may therefore apply to plastics …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs

… on temperature; in a process known as the “grasshopper effect”, these chemicals jump around the globe, evaporating … Convention works closely with the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their … Convention works closely with the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… Non-alignment will eventually lead to declining catches in transboundary stocks on both sides of a maritime boundary. As …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines: General technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants

… Pollutants to the UNECE 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution ; (b) 2003 Protocol on Pollutant … on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes … of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… bodies of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their … evidence to prove a causal link between emissions and effect" (Kriebel et al., 2001). The precautionary principle … and society at large) to the entities producing it. In effect, it internalizes the cost of waste disposal into the …
17 Jun 2026 Document