Basel Convention Current Affairs, GK & News
European Union bans Export of Plastic Waste to poor countries
The European Union recently announced that it is to completely ban the exports of unsorted plastic to poor countries. The new rules of the European Union will amend the 2006 Waste Shipment Regulation. The new rules are to ban the exports to less industrialised nations outside OECD. Highlights The new rules are a part of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Basel Convention • Basel Convention on the Control Of Hazardous Wastes • European Union (EU) • Hazardous waste • OECD • Plastic Waste • Plastic Waste Management • Recycling
Bulletin: Joint meetings of Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam conventions held in Geneva
The joint meetings of three conventions on chemicals and waste namely Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam conventions was held in Geneva, Switzerland. Key Highlights About: The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to Basel Convention (COP 14) was held along with the 9th meeting of the COP to Rotterdam Convention and the 9th ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Topics: Agriculture Ministry • Basel Convention • Chemicals and Fertilizer Ministry • Cop • COP 14 • E-Waste • Forest and Climate Change • Geneva • HBCD • Ministry of Environment • Phorate • Prior Informed Consent • Rotterdam Convention • Stockholm Convention • Switzerland
Indian Proposal to Halt Waste Dumping Defeated
A proposal moved by India to prevent developed countries from dumping their electronic and plastic waste onto developing countries was defeated at the meeting of the Basel Convention in Geneva. The breakthrough was made through an amendment to the Convention to include plastic waste in a legally-binding framework. The amendment calls to make global trade ..
Topics: Basel Convention • developed countries • developing countries • Geneva • Plastic Waste • Special economic zones
BRS Conventions
The term “BRS Conventions” is a collective term for three different conventions viz. Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. The purpose of clubbing these conventions was to ensure that a topic of common concern for the three Conventions is discussed. The thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-13), the eighth meeting ..
Topics: Basel Convention • Chemical safety • Environment • Environmental law • Environmental treaties • Hazardous waste • In Sweden • Law by country • Politics by country • Rotterdam Convention • Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants • Waste