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The Fair on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) will be held during the 2023 COPs, from 3 to 5 May 2023, at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG). The the objective of Fair is to raise awareness on the urgency to accelerate action to meet the upcoming 2025 and 2028 PCB deadlines under the Stockholm Convention, as well as, to raise awareness on other deadlines under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. The deadline for booking a booth is 01 March 2023.
Book now your booth and participate in the PCB Fair during the 2023 BRS COPs!
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The objective of this online briefing is to inform Parties to the Basel and Rotterdam Conventions, observers and other stakeholders on the outcomes of the fifteenth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (BC ICC-15) and the first meeting of the Rotterdam Convention’s Compliance Committee (RC CC-1).
Outcomes of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee and the Rotterdam Convention Compliance Committee meetings
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All side events will be held during lunch breaks and in the evenings. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2023.
Apply for a side event at the 2023 BRS COPs!
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Participants were invited to share anecdotes of cherished electric and electronic devices they should have disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.
Winners of our e-waste storytelling competition announced!
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Happy holidays and a prosperous 2023!
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Enforced by the Basel Convention and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the DEMETER operations have been taking place since 2009, with the aim of tackling transboundary trafficking in waste and ozone depleting substances, through the enhanced cooperation between customs and environmental authorities.
Operation DEMETER VIII successfully completed
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Convened in Geneva, Switzerland, from 5 to 7 December 2022, the hybrid meeting marked the completion of a set of revised recommendations pertaining to the review of hazardous wastes under the Basel Convention.
5th meeting of the Expert Working Group on the review of Annexes to the Basel Convention
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The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions launches the Plastic Waste on the Peak storymap to raise awareness of plastic pollution in remote and mountainous areas.
International Mountain Day 2022: do you know how much plastic is on our mountain peaks?
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The #PlasticIsForever social media challenge has been launched on Tik Tok. Share your score with us to win a hard copy of the Plastic is Forever photography book.
Read it - Play it - Own it
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Representatives from 120 countries, industry and civil society meet under the Basel Convention’s Plastic Waste Partnership in Uruguay, ahead of the inaugural session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.
Heart of international action to address plastic pollution beats in South America
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The meeting took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 October 2022.
Basel COP Bureau meeting report now available
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On the occasion of the 3rd Plastic Waste Partnership meeting in Uruguay, a digital version of a photography book has been launched, featuring the finalist entries of the Plastic is Forever competition.
The digital version of the Plastic is Forever coffee table book has been launched!
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Held in Lagos, Nigeria, the workshop marked the first face-to-face event coorganised by the BRS Secretariat and UNODC on national legal frameworks, illegal traffic and trade, and crimes that affect the environment.
Workshop on illegal traffic and trade of hazardous chemicals and wastes for English-speaking countries in West Africa
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Basel Convention Parties are to submit their annual national reports by 31 December 2022, using the electronic reporting system.
Clock is ticking for 2021 national reports submissions!
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Invitation letters to the 2023 BRS COPs have been sent out to Parties.
2023 Basel COP provisional agenda now available
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The meeting will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 14 to 17 November 2022, and it will address a number of specific submissions to support Basel Convention Parties.
Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee meets for the 15th time
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On 23 November 2022, during the 3rd Plastic Waste Partnership meeting, the Partnership will host a webinar to provide insights from the field about its pilot projects.
Join the PWP webinar to learn more about the Partnership’s pilot projects programme!
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The event was co-organised by the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
UN agencies at COP27 urge action to tackle impact of plastic waste on climate
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The annual joint meeting of the Regional Centres under the Basel and the Stockholm Conventions is taking place from 7 to 9 November 2022.
Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Centres meet in Geneva
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The top three stories will be announced in December 2022 and will be adapted into animated videos premiering during the 2023 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (2023 BRS COPs), which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, in May 2023.
Submit your stories for our e-waste competition by 14 November 2022!
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The Basel Convention has teamed up with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme for a webinar addressing lead exposure. The event will take place on 25 October 2022, on the margins of the 10th International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.
Join the webinar: 20 years of action to eliminate lead poisoning
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The BRS Conventions address the importance of sustainably managing chemicals and wastes to combat climate change.
BRS Secretariat at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference
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International E-waste Day 2022 marks a new deal on e-waste under the Basel Convention.
The Basel Convention makes history on e-waste!
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The webinar on the Transboundary movement of Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) vs second-hand Electric and Electronic Equipment (EEE) is organized by the Basel Convention Regional Centre in Slovakia in cooperation with the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat. It will be held on 14 October 2022, from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST.
Join us for a webinar on International E-waste Day!
The Basel Convention technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular on the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention were adopted on an interim basis by the Conference of the Parties, in 2019, with decision BC-14/5. In decision 15/7, the Conference of the Parties asked the Secretariat to organize technical assistance activities on the guidelines in cooperation with the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres.
This webinar will introduce the experience of European Union countries in the implementation and enforcement of the principles included in the guidelines.
This activity is organized in connection with the celebrations for International E-waste Day, 2022 edition.
The International E-waste Day takes place on 14 October every year. It was first introduced in 2018 by the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum to raise awareness of the need for e-waste recycling among consumers. This year’s theme, “Recycle it all, no matter how small!”, is focused on highlighting the importance of recycling even smaller e-waste.
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The Bureau members will discuss the provisional agenda and preparations of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention in 2023.
Basel COP Bureau meets in Geneva from 11 to 12 October 2022
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