In last a few years, the environmentally unsound way of E-waste was clearly identified in the certain cities in the Asian countries that E-waste was imported as second-hand products into the cities, dismantled under the environmentally unsound way and caused the serious adverse effects to human health and the environment. The residents in the cities are not aware that the existing manual methods to dismantle E-waste is caused the adverse effects to themselves, despite the fact that the governmental or municipal authorities have barely undertaken some measures, e.g. the preparation of the regulations.

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El objetivo del proyecto es la capacitación de técnicos municipales en la gestión ambientalmente adecuada de desechos peligrosos, atendiendo las necesidades de estos actores locales y fortaleciendo la articulación con la Autoridades Competentes en el cumplimiento de los objetivos del Convenio de Basilea. Más allá de las responsabilidades específicas que las legislaciones nacionales les asignan a los diferentes actores, los municipios tienen un importante rol en la gestión de los residuos peligrosos por estar integrados al territorio donde se generan, almacenan, transportan y eventualmente se reciclan, tratan y disponen dichos residuos.

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The main goal of the project was to assist to the three Balkan countries in implementation of Basel Convention and relevant obligations into national legislation. All three countries are served by BCRC Bratislava and they are Parties to the Basel Convention (Bulgaria from 1996, the FYR Macedonia from 1997 and Republic of Serbia and Montenegro from the 2000). In spite of that, the hazardous waste management legislation was developed on different levels. In addition, the legislation often was not in compliance with the Basel Convention requirements.

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The main objective of the Review of existing national and international legislation in the field of control of transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and its environmentally sound management is to ascertain to what extent the legislation in this field is developed in the CIS countries in the frameworks of the Basel Convention.

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ULAB include starting or “automotive” batteries, and deep discharge or “industrial” batteries (used for stationary and motive applications).  The constituents of used lead acid batteries (ULAB), such as lead and sulphuric acid, may pose a threat to human health and the environment if managed improperly. 

In the Group of Latin America and Caribbean (GRULAC) there have been several documented cases in which ULAB has not been managed in an environmentally sound manner and has led to a number of adverse impacts, including lead poisoning and lead contaminated sites in some vulnerable communities.  Consequently the mismanagement of ULAB may have long-term implications, not only for a country’s environmental health, but also for its economic and social growth and development.  Within the GRULAC, a number of countries, particularly the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), have resource constraints and challenges associated with the environmentally sound management (ESM) of ULAB.

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