More than 200 international waste management experts gathered last week to advance global measures to control the transboundary movement of hazardous and other wastes.

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The Working Group will consider several scientific and technical, legal and strategic matters.

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A webinar to enable Parties to the Basel Convention and Observers to fully participate in the negotiations of the eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group was held on 4 September 2012 beginning at 17:00 (UTC/GMT+2).

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The Working Group will consider several scientific and technical, legal and strategic matters, including the development of the technical guidelines on transboundary movement of e-waste, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste; development of the technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants; and the proposals for new entries to the list of wastes contained in Annex IX to the Basel Convention submitted by Finland, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

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