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Basel Convention Technical Expert Group develops framework for environmentally sound management of wastes

Basel Convention Technical Expert Group develops framework for environmentally sound management of wastes

Basel Convention Technical Expert Group develops framework for environmentally sound management of wastes

The Technical Expert Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal completed a framework for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of hazardous wastes and other wastes at its third meeting, held from 21 to 23 January 2013, in Glion, Switzerland.

The framework establishes a common understanding of what ESM encompasses and identifies tools and strategies to support and promote the implementation of ESM. It is intended as a practical guide for all stakeholders participating in the management of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

The framework will be considered and possibly adopted at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP 11) in April 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Third Meeting of the Technical Expert Group

Glion sur Montreux, Switzerland, from 21 to 23 January 2013

Venue: Hotel Victoria, Route de Caux 16, CH-1823 Glion sur Montreux, Switzerland

The Governments of Switzerland and Japan are kindly co-funding the third meeting which will be opened at 9.00 a.m. on Monday, 21 January 2013.

The meeting will be paperless and in English only: printed documents will not be available, all pre-session documents will be made available on the Convention website and in-session documents will be circulated electronically via a wireless intranet.

Highlights: The Technical Expert Group will further develop the draft framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes building on progress made at its first and second face- to-face meetings. The draft framework is to be submitted to the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting for consideration and possible adoption.

More information, including the meeting schedule, will shortly be made available on the web page of the technical expert group.

 

Meeting Documents

Meeting documents 

Meeting Report 

For any inquiries, please contact Ms. Susan Wingfield (susan.wingfield@unep.org).

 

 

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UNEP/CHW/CLI_TEG.3/2Report of the third meeting of the technical expert group to develop a framework for the environmentally sound management of wastes97 K 62.5 K