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The BRS Secretariat congratulates Antigua and Barbuda on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of entry-into-force of the Basel Convention.
Antigua and Barbuda: celebrating 25 years of implementing the Basel Convention
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July 3rd is International Plastic Bag Free Day as organisations worldwide keep marine litter at the top of the global agenda.
Single-use plastics again the focus of international attention
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Join Rolph Payet at 1000 Central European Time today for insights as to how the sound management of chemicals and wastes contributes to a clean planet and healthy people.
BRS Executive Secretary conducts live interview at The GEF Assembly, Danang, Viet Nam
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The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention met from 19 to 20 June 2018 in Geneva, to discuss preparations for the BC COP-14 in 2019. The meeting report is now online.
Preparations for Basel Convention COP-14 underway
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As part of the Geneva World Environment Day 2018 events in Geneva, Abiola Olanipekun describes how the chemicals and wastes conventions contribute to global efforts to Beat Plastic Pollution.
How do the Basel and Stockholm conventions relate to marine litter and plastic pollution?
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Entrepreneurs and explorers come together to Beat Plastic Pollution, in the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva, Tuesday 5th June. To register: goo.gl/Cu5nNH.
To mark World Environment Day, BRS co-hosts event on plastics solutions and innovations
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At the 1st meeting of the Ad-Hoc Expert Working Group, Carlos Martin-Novella sets out possible options under the Basel Convention for addressing this key issue.
BRS Secretariat contributes to key marine litter meeting in Nairobi
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The BRS Secretariat congratulates Ecuador on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of entry-into-force of the Basel Convention.
Ecuador: celebrating 25 years of implementing the Basel Convention for a Life with Less Waste
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The 3rd Meeting of the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) takes place 15 to 16 May, with funding support from Norway.
ENFORCE: Illegal traffic experts meet in Geneva
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At the Guatemala Bonn Challenge, BRS Executive Secretary stresses importance of sound management of chemicals and waste and its interconnectivity with climate change.
Read Rolph Payet’s keynote speech at the opening of the Guatemala Bonn Challenge 2018
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The life-cycle approach to chemicals and waste is a key element to protecting soils from pollution.
BRS contributes to Global Soils Symposium in Rome
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A new World Customs Organisation initiative, known as Operation DEMETER IV, starts in May 2018, to monitor and control cross-border movement of waste in maritime transportation, targeting illegal waste shipments.
BRS Secretariat supports new initiative on combatting illegal waste shipments
A new global World Customs Organisation (WCO) initiative, called Operation DEMETER IV, will be launched in May 2018 to monitor and control cross-border movement of waste in maritime transportation, targeting illegal waste shipments from waste-producing regions and countries to destination countries and regions.
The Operation will be conducted under the guidance of the WCO Secretariat, in close cooperation with China Customs and the WCO Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific. The BRS Secretariat will provide assistance for this new initiative.
For more information, please visit our Enforcement Networks Fact Sheets on the World Customs Organisation page.
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With funding support from Norway and Switzerland, the Household Waste Partnership Working Group meets to start working towards a guidance document on environmentally sound management.
Household waste experts meet in Mauritius to work on environmentally sound management
With funding support from Norway and Switzerland, the first meeting of the Household Waste Partnership Working Group meets in Port Louis from 14 to 17 May 2018 to start working towards a guidance document on environmentally sound management.
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The BRS Secretariat congratulates Austria on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of entry-into-force of the Basel Convention.
Austria: celebrating 25 years of implementing the Basel Convention for a Life with Less Waste
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The BRS Secretariat congratulates Egypt on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of entry-into-force of the Basel Convention.
Egypt: celebrating 25 years of implementing the Basel Convention for a Life with Less Waste
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Ever-conscious of the need to minimise waste, as required of Parties to the Basel Convention, the BRS Secretariat is contributing to the pan-UN campaign encouraging Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
BRS Secretariat Says ‘Yes to Less’
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Read the latest BRS interview, with Moustafa Kamel, Director of the Basel Convention Regional Centre in Egypt.
Towards the sound management of wastes in the Arabic-speaking countries
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The BRS Secretariat congratulates the Islamic Republic of Iran on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of entry into force of the Basel Convention – for a Life with Less Waste.
Congratulations to Iran for 25 years of implementing the Basel Convention
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Amongst the key questions under discussion is the distinction between “waste” and “non-waste” in this fast growing waste-stream.
With funding from Switzerland, e-waste experts meet in Geneva 17 to 19 April, to further develop Technical Guidelines
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The Glossary of Terms is now available online in all 6 UN languages.
New online publication provides additional legal clarity to assist Basel Convention implementation
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