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

… technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of POPs wastes. Parties to the Stockholm … of government-designated experts in chemical assessment or management - the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review … effect such that global action is warranted. (4) Risk management evaluation If the POPRC decides that the proposal …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… from the mercury pollution, and the need to ensure proper management of mercury and the prevention of such events in … in order to strengthen national capabilities for the management of mercury and to promote the effective … accordance with the guidelines for environmentally sound management referred to in paragraph 3 (a) of Article 11, …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of the Rotterdam Convention

… Its members are government designated experts in chemicals management. Its responsibilities include reviewing notifi … chemical and consider whether it might need to apply risk management actions. • Information accompanying export … other international instruments in the fi eld of chemicals management. These include the Stockholm Convention on …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… domestic measures in place to ensure environmentally sound management of any imported mercury. If it decides to make use … Article 11 addresses the issue of mercury wastes, their management in an environmentally sound manner and … to the adoption of requirements on environmentally sound management of mercury wastes (paragraph 3 (a)), as well as to …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Towards responsible trade

31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention

… the environment from the harm posed by the generation and management of such wastes. Before any shipment of hazardous … exporter and the disposer specifying environmentally sound management of the wastes in question must be confirmed before … community’s commitment to the environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes. Updated in December …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

… requires that the standard of “environmentally sound management” (ESM) of hazardous wastes or other wastes is met. … Into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous The Basel Convention on the Control … Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes: http://www.basel.int/Implementation/ …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… Convention. Parties should ensure environmentally sound management of mercury wastes, taking into account the … interim storage of mercury and mercury compounds, and management of mercury wastes and contaminated sites. http://www.informea.org/terms/sound-environmental-management http://www.informea.org/treaties/basel/summary/ …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

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

… requires that the standard of “environmentally sound management” (ESM) of hazardous wastes or other wastes is met. … Into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous The Basel Convention on the Control … make informed decisions on the transboundary movements and management of hazardous wastes. To make this system work, the …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste