Applications for side events at #OEWG-15 are now open until 30 April 2026! Interested organizers are invited to submit their proposals via the online application form. More information here: www.basel.int/oewg15/sideevents

#BaselConvention #ChemicalsAndWaste #MakeVisibleTheInvisible

This week marked strong progress by #Senegal & #CaboVerde in advancing a new project to tackle plastic pollution by strengthening legal frameworks, improving customs capacities & supporting national plastic waste inventory development. More info: tinyurl.com/5n7d5dem
#BaselConvention #SDGs

Delighted to be visiting #Senegal & #CaboVerde: Strengthening capacities for the prevention, minimization, control of transboundary movements & environmentally sound management of #plasticwaste. More info: tinyurl.com/5n7d5dem

#BaselConvention #BRSConventions #SDGs

Photo credits: BRS Secretariat

We are in #Senegal & #CaboVerde this week – supporting both countries to strengthen their capacities to prevent, minimize and ensure the environmentally sound management of plastic waste & fulfil their obligations under the Plastic Waste Amendments of the #BaselConvention www.basel.int/tabid/8347

The #BaselConvention COP-17 report and the #RotterdamConvention COP-12 reports are now available in the six official UN languages. Find them here:
www.basel.int/.../COP17/ta...
www.pic.int/.../9745/lan...
#BRSConventions #ChemicalsAndWaste

Enforcement and customs authorities from nine Eastern European countries convene in Slovakia to exchange experiences and strengthen cooperation on implementing the #BaselConvention #ewaste amendments, which entered into force on 1 January 2025. Learn more: www.basel.int/Implementati...

Canada prevents illegal export of over one million kilograms of waste - Canada.ca During the fall of 2025, Canada intercepted more than one million kilograms of hazardous waste before it was exported, as part of Operation Demeter XI. Operation Demeter is an annual global enforcemen...

"The illegal shipments intercepted included materials such as e-waste, used batteries, waste oil, hazardous scrap metal, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), plastic waste, contaminated scrap paper, and other environmentally hazardous materials."
Textiles, too!

#BaselConvention
#YouWasteItYouOwnIt

Susan Wingfield of @brsconventions.bsky.social provides an outlook of #BaselConvention #OEWG15, taking place on 23-26 June in #GENeva tackling matters incl.:
🟢 PoPs technical guidelines
🟢 Work on various waste streams
🟢 Cooperation w/ @imohq.bsky.social on #HongKongConvention

▶️ www.basel.int/OEWG15

Third call for proposals

The #BaselConvention Partnership on Plastic Waste has selected new pilot projects - supporting 50 initiatives worldwide! From refill systems in Southeast Asia to digital #recycling tools in Ghana - these projects are driving real solutions to #plasticpollution.

Read more: tinyurl.com/ycka6mmt

GPS trackers reveal 'likely' illegal e-waste exports from Australia to Asia A not-for-profit environmental group put GPS devices in 35 e-waste items and dropped them off at recycling locations in four Australian capital cities. Here's what they found.

'E-waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world.... The average Australian produces 22.4 kilograms of e-waste a year, compared with the global average of 7.75 kilograms." #australia #eWaste #electronicwaste #environment #BaselConvention #recycling
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

From micro to macro: legal tools for combating plastic pollution at national, EU, and international levels - Environmental Sciences Europe Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing and multifaceted environmental challenges of the twenty-first century, largely due to its pervasive environmental persistence, ecological impa...

From micro to macro: legal tools for combating plastic pollution at national, EU, and international levels

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#plasticpollution
#Microplastics
#BaselConvention
#EU

The Prior Informed Consent procedure in the #BaselConvention to ensure all parties agree before any transboundary waste movement takes place. This week, experts discuss options to strengthen PIC, building on recommendations from May'25: tinyurl.com/4dwckj83
#MakeVisibleTheInvisible #BRSConventions

Following the adoption of amendments to Annex IV, experts turn to Annexes I&III - defining hazardous wastes under the #BaselConvention. This review aims to update, clarify, and strengthen environmental controls to reflect current practices and emerging waste categories: tinyurl.com/2z6km8b2

Parties to the #BaselConvention can now submit their 2024 national reports through the electronic reporting system. Ensure timely compliance and contribute to global efforts in managing hazardous waste responsibly. Read more: tinyurl.com/5824j9at

Francesca Cenni provides an outlook of mercury waste management activities undertaken under the #BaselConvention & in collaboration with @minamataconvention.bsky.social, highlighting:

🟡 National reporting dashboard to monitor transboundary movement of mercury waste
🟡 Technical guidelines on ESM

America’s E-Waste Is Fueling a Toxic Disaster in Southeast Asia Millions of tons of toxic U.S. electronics are quietly flooding developing nations

America’s E-Waste Is Fueling a Toxic Disaster in Southeast Asia

www.zmescience.com/ecology/amer...

#e-waste
#BaselConvention

Watchdog report says American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle haz...

Watchdog report says American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia

abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...

#eWaste
#BaselConvention
#PlasticPollution
#PlasticWaste
@dalhousieu.bsky.social

Watchdog report says American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia Real-time index price for TSX Global Gold Index (TTGD), along with buy or sell indicators, analysis, charts, historical performance, news and more

Watchdog report says American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia

www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...

“It simply means the country is being overwhelmed with what is essentially pollution transfer from other nations”

#eWaste
#BaselConvention
#PlasticPollution
#PlasticWaste

Jinhui Li of #BaselConvention Regional Center for Asia & the Pacific underscores that the true measure of a science-policy linkage is whether it results in concrete policy action, as demonstrated by the experience in @minamataconvention.bsky.social, particularly in its effectiveness evaluation.

International E-waste Day 2025

🌱 By 2050, the world could generate over 130 million metric tonnes of e-waste every year. But our ability to manage this waste sustainably is falling behind.

👉 Learn more: www.basel.int/Implementati...

#InternationalEWasteDay #BaselConvention #EWaste #SustainableDevelopment

“Let us remember: fashion is not only about how we look, but about how we live. It is about the kind of world we leave behind.” Rolph Payet Executive Secretary The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventons

The BRS Conventions are at Milan Fashion Week with the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion. 🌱 Our Executive Secretary Rolph Payet highlighted how sustainable fashion depends on sound chemicals and waste management. unfashionalliance.org/event/

#SustainableFashion #BaselConvention #UNFashionAlliance

🌊 On #WorldMaritimeDay, we join #IMO to protect our oceans. The #BaselConvention fights marine pollution by regulating hazardous waste for safer, cleaner seas.

🌍♻️ Learn more: www.basel.int/Implementati...
#BRSConventions #MarineProtection #OurOcean #OceanConservation #OceanStewardship

SiPeng with @C4Center speaks about the need for the #PlasticsTreaty to cover #wastetrade provisions that are not covered under the #BaselConvention and better text to protect #wastepickers -
📍@GAIAnoburn #INC52 press conference

SPECIAL REPORT: E-waste an aggravating heap of a toxic problem FAILURE TO PASS TOUGH LAWS, REGULATIONS HAS MADE THAILAND AN EASY TARGET

#Ewaste profiteers continue to exploit language loopholes in country-specific regional law tied to participation in the #baselconvention. As a result nations like #Thailand are experiencing an emerging #toxics #waste problem from illegal importation.
nationthailand.com/opinion/3034...

Tackling Plastic Waste Pollution In ASEAN There is an estimated 100 million tonnes of plastic waste in our oceans.

The newly proposed amendment to the #baselconvention (once in force) will given any #signatory full #international latitude to refuse any type of #plasticwaste from exporting countries. All #Asean nations are Basel signatories. Pushing for #sustainability
theaseanpost.com/article/tack...

Inside the underground Asian technology scrapyards where workers melt down computer parts to scrape off pieces of gold Illegal "e-waste recycling" brings terrible costs, namely to the people working the illegal scrapyards.

Illegal #Ewaste scrapyards in #SoutheastAsia run by "waste brokers" generate millions of (USD) by exploiting migrant workers displaced by war. #BaselConvention enforcement is needed to stop #Ewaste coming from places like #Australia and the #UnitedStates
businessinsider.com/your-recycle...

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Do you ship e-waste or used batteries?

Basel Convention rules may apply — and missing them can get your shipment seized.

🌍 Read the full breakdown → https://muhammadhelmy.com/what-is-the-basel-convention/

#BaselConvention #HazardousWaste #Ewaste #TradeCompliance ♻️

This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law Environmental groups are concerned that rich countries are exporting plastic to poor countries in the form of “refuse-derived fuel.”

🔥 Burning plastic as “refuse-derived fuel” is under scrutiny. A new Grist piece explores how this practice clashes with the Basel Convention’s goals & raises major environmental justice concerns. ♻️🌍
grist.org/accountabi...
#PlasticWaste #BaselConvention #EnvironmentalJustice #WasteToEnergy

The U.S. Sends Lots of Plastic Trash Overseas. Malaysia Just Said No Thanks.

The U.S. Sends Lots of Plastic Trash Overseas. Malaysia Just Said No Thanks

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/c...

#PlasticPollution
#BaselConvention
#PlasticPackaging