The third call to submit proposals for pilot projects under the Plastic Waste Partnership is now open, with a submission deadline of 30 April 2025. Project proposals can receive funding ranging from USD 50,000 to USD 500,000.

The proposed programmes of work and budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 to be considered by the 2025 BRS COPs are now available.

On 1 January 2025 the E-Waste amendments to the Basel Convention became effective, thus making all transboundary movements of e-wastes, whether hazardous or not, subject to the prior informed consent (PIC) procedure.