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May 27, 2013 · The Basel Convention is a multilateral environmental agreement. Its aim is to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes and other wastes based on their origin and/or composition and their characteristics.
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The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries.
- 5 May 1992
- United Nations treaty
- 22 March 1989
Dec 9, 2011 · 09 December 2011. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted in 1989 and it came into force in 1992. It is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous wastes and other wastes.
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal controls the international trade in hazardous wastes and certain other wastes. The Convention, which was adopted in 1989 and entered into force in 1992, establishes a “notice and consent” regime — also known as prior informed consent (PIC ...
Convention Text. The text of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted on 22 March 1989 and entered into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, formal confirmation, approval or accession, on 5 May 1992.
Oct 7, 2021 · The Basel Convention unifies the global management of toxic imports to establish a process that permits them to be disposed of in an environmentally sound manner. The Basel Convention attempts to regulate hazardous waste trade but not to halt the transboundary movement of toxic materials.
