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Vital Waste Graphics 3

… VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 3 This is a publication of the Secretariat of … of its frontiers or boundaries. Cover illustration Waste Body Burden ‘Metro Map’. Source: Silicon Valley Toxics … tion problems when there are strong economic incentives to export ‘used’ or ‘end-of-life’ products to developing …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Notifications under the Basel Convention: national definitions of hazardous wastes and restrictions on movements of wastes

… 13; (b) Parties shall prohibit or shall not permit the export of hazardous wastes and other wastes to the Parties … (d) Decisions taken by them to limit or ban the export of hazardous wastes or other wastes…” Article 13, … right to prohibit, totally or partially, the import or export of hazardous wastes or other wastes for disposal must …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

… Convention also publishes technical guidelines on various waste streams providing guidance on best practices for ESM as … must restrict TBM. Such restrictions may apply to the export or to the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes. … the disposer conclude a contract for the disposal of the waste. Under the Convention this contract must ensure that …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Regional instruments on hazardous wastes- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… by African states to address certain aspects of hazardous waste problems that the Basel Convention did not cover. The … to African countries purportedly for use, when in fact, waste traders and other exporters intend to dispose of them … destination country of a written consent, prior to export. Movements of hazardous wastes without such consent …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Environmentally sound management of used electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) in Asia-Pacific

… and end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) being exported to developing countries for the purpose … in 2002) recognized that the issue of the management of e-waste required urgent attention, particularly in the … enforcement officers, as necessary, to control or verify export or import of e-waste and work on the identification of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The three pillars of the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… one of the three following conditions is met: the State of export does not have the technical capacity and the necessary … the disposer conclude a contract for the disposal of the waste. Under the Convention this contract must ensure that … with detailed, accurate and complete information on the waste itself, on the proposed disposal operation and other …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… sound interim storage of mercury, other than waste mercury (Art. 10) Mercury wastes (Art. 11) Contaminated … • Mercury Air Transport and Fate Research Mercury waste management. • Mercury supply and storage. • Mercury … The Convention determines that no Party shall allow the export of mercury, unless the importing Party has provided …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention

… wastes move from country to country each year, and this waste is presumably received as a welcome source of business. … that has never suffered a case of illegal traffic of waste. 1 Based on national reports transmitted to the … that need to be adhered to with the aim of controlling the export, transit and import of specific wastes, including such …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… SOUND INTERIM STORAGE OF MERCURY, OTHER THAN WASTE MERCURY17 ARTICLE 11 - MERCURY WASTES … of chlor-alkali plants as well as on mercury export and import. DEFINITION AND SCOPE While Article 2 of … products and those that process mercury-containing waste (Article 5, paragraph 1). These processes are covered …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Acting Now!

… on fully recycled paper, FSC certified, post-consumer waste and chlorine- free. Inks are vegetable-based and … Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry Mercury Waste Management Mercury Air Transport and Fate Research … Schematic mercury trade flow. Data from 2007, prior to the export bans in the European Union (2011) and the USA (2013). …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste