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The new Basel Convention Regional Centre for Central America and Mexico will boost technical assistance and capacity-building activities in the region, including on efforts to combat plastic waste.
BRS and Government of Panama sign cooperation agreement for new Basel Convention Regional Centre for Central America and Mexico
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International efforts to control unwanted imports of waste continue to strengthen, with Nicaragua the latest Party to ratify this key change to the convention.
100th ratification for the Basel Convention’s Ban Amendment, which entered into force in December 2019
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An electronic questionnaire has been sent to Parties and stakeholders regarding actions taken to implement the amendments and challenges encountered, as part of activities undertaken under the Plastic Waste Partnership, with a deadline of 31 January 2021.
BRS Secretariat requests information concerning implementation of the Basel Convention’s Plastic Waste Amendments
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On the agenda is the proposal to list UV-328, and draft risk profiles for Dechlorane Plus and Methoxychlor. All the documents are publically available, online.
Scientific experts meet online for the 16th meeting of the Stockholm Convention’s POPs Review Committee (POPRC), 11-16 January 2021
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Offered as either stand-alone, or as part of the popular MOOC, these sessions address growing trends in e-waste generation, and impacts on human health & the environment.
Sign up for the Basel Convention E-waste webinars
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Organised by GEN with the BRS Secretariat and a host of other partners, the first of the series focuses on plastic waste.
Join the Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues, online, starting 26 November 2020
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BRS looks forward to deepening cooperation with WCO and with customs administrations, to better prevent and combat illegal traffic of hazardous waste.
The World Customs Organisation joins the Basel Convention’s Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic - or ENFORCE
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Focal points are invited to complete and submit the national report through the electronic reporting system, by 31 December 2020.
Basel Convention national reporting for 2019 now possible through the electronic reporting system
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Learn about the 7 projects selected for funding from the first call for proposals, by joining this webinar on 12 November at 1400 .
Webinar to outline the selected projects of the new Small Grants Programme on plastic waste
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Originally scheduled to be staged back-to-back with the 5th UN Environment Assembly, OEWG-12 is now postponed until further notice. The meeting report of the online segment is now available.
The face-to-face segment of the 12th meeting of the Basel Convention’s Open-ended Working Group is postponed
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The webinars build on the recent International E-Waste Day, and offer an introduction for those interested in enrolling in the popular Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on E-waste.
Interested in the recycling of electronic waste? Then join one of two BRS webinars on 21 & 29 October, 2020
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The Theme for the next meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, and the associated High-Level Segment, from 19 to 31 July 2021, is “Global Agreements for a Healthy Planet; Sound Management of Chemicals & Waste”.
Theme for the 2021 Triple COPs announced: Global Agreements for a Healthy Planet
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The BRS Secretariat is proud to support and publicise this day, organised by the WEEE Forum, which aims to draw attention to the growing environmental & health challenges posed by electrical and electronic waste.
International E-Waste Day marked around the world
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Efforts towards building a circular economy might be compromised by chemical additives in certain plastics, a study by the Stockholm Convention’s Regional Centre for the Mediterranean, IPEN, UNEP and the BRS Secretariat finds.
New report highlights dangers to health and the environment from toxic chemicals found in some types of plastic
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The Second Round of funding of the Basel Convention’s Small Grants Programme, generously funded by the Norwegian NORAD agency, is now open.
Funding available for actions on plastic waste, deadline 31 October 2020
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The English advance version of the report of the twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (online segment), held on 1-3 September 2020, is now available.
Twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (online segment): Meeting report now available
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Representatives from the Barcelona Convention, CITES, Climate Change Convention, Convention on Biological Diversity, Minamata Convention, Montreal Protocol, and the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, join the Basel Convention’s Implementation and Compliance Committee online to discuss ways to better prevent and combat illegal traffic.
Global agreements for a healthy planet: 9 MEAs work together to address illegal traffic
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Back to school, back to university, back to the office? Snap the plastic waste you encounter and you could win the Plastic Waste Partnership’s photo contest, deadline 30 September.
Plastic Waste: Your photo could make a difference
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Tuvalu has deposited its instrument of accession with the UN, entering into force on 19 November 2020.
The Basel Convention now has 188 Parties as Tuvalu accedes
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The OEWG-12 online segment takes place on 1 and 3 September 2020. For more details, including working documents in the 6 UN languages, see the tentative schedule of work.
All you need to know about the Basel Convention’s Open-ended Working Group meeting (OEWG-12) online segment, 1 to 3 September 2020
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A series of information sessions will introduce participants to the Plastic Waste Amendments adopted at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention that will become effective on 1 January 2021.
Information sessions on the Basel Convention’s Plastic Waste Amendments
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The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention met online, 25-26 June 2020, to discuss preparations for COP-15 in 2021. The report of that meeting is now available online.
Preparations for Basel Convention COP-15 underway: Bureau meeting report now available
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The new text includes the plastic waste amendments made at the 2019 Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP-14).
Amended Basel Convention text now available online in 6 UN languages
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The new call for proposals will be presented and discussed during these Basel Convention online meetings.
Plastic Waste Partnership Briefing webinars organised to outline possibilities for funding actions on plastic waste
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Click here for COVID-19 medical waste news and guidance, along with other developments related to the sound management of chemicals and waste.
Latest BRS Newsletter is out and available online
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