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COVID19: Factsheet on Environmentally Sound Management of Medical Waste available online

Download the Basel Convention’s guidance document on how to manage medical waste in the most sustainable manner.

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Documents and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Basel Convention’s Open-ended Working Group meeting now available online

Working documents in all 6 official UN languages, an overview of working modalities, and useful FAQs are all online in advance of OEQG-12, which takes place online from 22 to 25 June 2020.

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New Small Grant Programme launched to improve plastic waste management at municipal, national and regional levels

The BRS Secretariat is pleased to announce, thanks to generous funding from Norway, the opening of the new Small Grant Programme on Plastic Waste, open to applications from Basel and Stockholm Convention regional centres until 15 July 2020.

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Opportunities published for supporting global work towards the sound management of chemicals & waste

Now available online: Overview of concept notes for voluntary contributions for implementing the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions, as approved by COPs in 2019.

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Save the date:  Dates and venue for the 2021 BRS COPs

The Basel Convention’s COP-15, the Rotterdam Convention’s COP-10 and the Stockholm Convention’s COP-10 will be held back-to-back in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 to 30 July 2021.

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E-waste Challenge MOOC live event: Explore a circular vision for the ICT sector, ITU

Join us in this Webinar to learn more about how to use international standards to foster a circular economy in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector from the perspective of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

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The UNEP Special Programme, which funds projects implementing the three chemicals and waste conventions, has extended its deadline for applications to 4 September 2020.

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