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Electronic Reporting System makes reporting ‘a snap’
To ease the burden of reporting, the Secretariat has launched the new Electronic Reporting System  of the Basel Convention. Beginning 7 November 2013, the new Electronic Reporting System enables Parties to submit their annual national reports online.

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NEW! Electronic Reporting System of the Basel Convention
The objective of this webinar is to assist Parties to the Basel Convention in the submission of their national reports using the new electronic reporting system.

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Webinar on E-waste Material Recovery and Recycling: An example of Concrete Solutions in the United States of America (USA)

Come and learn from two different USA perspectives, one from the private sector and the other one from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on how rare trace materials, like gold, or bulky like plastics, can be recovered and recycled from E-Waste. This webinar will present an example of processes for material recovery and recycling complying with the PACE “Guideline”.

 

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Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee invites dialogue with other compliance bodies
At its tenth meeting ICC will hold a special half-day session to promote a dialogue between eight MEA compliance bodies

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Revised technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of used and waste pneumatic tyres (printed versions)
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Guidance Elements for Detection, Prevention and Control of Illegal Traffic in Hazardous Waste
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6th Physical Meeting of the PACE Working Group promotes environmentally sound management of end-of-life computing equipment

The 6th physical meeting of the PACE Working Group was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 23 to 25 September 2013. The meeting was organized by the Basel Convention Regional Centre in South Africa.

The Working Group reviewed the status of activities under PACE, obtained reports from co-chairs of the six project groups on their priority activities, reviewed and approved the PACE budget, and discussed which short- and long-term role PACE should play in view of the outcomes of the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention in matters related to e-waste.

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ENFORCE promotes compliance with the Basel Convention to combat illegal traffic in hazardous wastes

The first meeting of the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) will be held in Bangkok, 18-19 November 2013.

 

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