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Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… wastes properly or lack the capacity to control the import/export of such wastes. This problem is particularly … to engage in the waste management industry, and wishes to import wastes for that purpose, it is likely that this sector … such as the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import Into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… “(a) Parties exercising their right to prohibit the import of hazardous wastes or other wastes for disposal shall … and other wastes to the Parties which have prohibited the import of such wastes, when notified pursuant to subparagraph … made by them not to consent totally or partially to the import of hazardous wastes or other wastes for disposal …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The Basel Convention mechanism for promoting the implementation and compliance - Celebrating a decade of assistance to Parties

… of a national definition of hazardous wastes or of an import or export prohibition, and of any changes thereto; ■ … of national definitions of hazardous wastes and of import or export restrictions, the development of national … for recycling or recovery industries in the State of import; or • the TBM in question is in accordance with other …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Towards responsible trade

… providing for a national decision- making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to … This United Nations Convention addresses the export and import of hazardous chemicals and, by implication, their use …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… all such notifications. 8. Each Party shall not allow the import of mercury from a non-Party to whom it will provide … allow, by taking appropriate measures, the manufacture, import or export of mercury-added products listed in Part I … has already reduced to a de minimis level the manufacture, import, and export of the large majority of the products …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… (when na- tional supply is highly dependent on the import of specific waste streams / see previous chapters). On … POP chemicals for which consumption, production and use, import and ex- port, disposal and/or environmental release …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Operational articles of the Minamata Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… environment, including sound storage, are put into place. Import is also allowed only for a use allowed under the … environmentally sound interim storage. Parties wishing to import mercury from a Non-Party shall obtain a certificate …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Main Provisions of the Stockholm Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and/or eliminate the production and use, as well as the import and export, of the intentionally produced POPs that … as decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties. The import and export of chemicals listed in Annex A can take … Restrict the production and use, as well as the import and export, of the intentionally produced POPs that …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

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

… officers, as necessary, to control or verify export or import of e-waste and work on the identification of e-waste … on partnerships, feasibility of mobile phone collection, import/export management and awareness raising or training … of customs and enforcement officers to control the import and export of electrical and electronic wastes so as …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Acting Now!

18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste