Assisting parties to protect human health and the environment
May 2018 - No. 20
Welcome
Dear Readers,
As the intersessional work of the three conventions really gathers pace, see this latest edition for information on Secretariat-supported or facilitated initiatives on soil pollution, household waste, e-waste and in-house sustainability, the launch of new publications on legal clarity and exemptions for POPs, the view from Cairo, and much more. One year to the next triple COPs: #Detox!
A new World Customs Organisation initiative, known as Operation DEMETER IV, starts in May 2018, to monitor and control cross-border movement of waste in maritime transportation, targeting illegal waste shipments.
The new members of the Chemical Review Committee meet for an orientation workshop in Rome, 16 to 18 April, ahead of commencing their terms of office on 1 May.
With funding support from Norway and Switzerland, the Household Waste Partnership Working Group meets to start working towards a guidance document on environmentally sound management.
Ever-conscious of the need to minimise waste, as required of Parties to the Basel Convention, the BRS Secretariat is contributing to the pan-UN campaign encouraging Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
BRS, together with UN Environment, the ILO and the ITU amongst others, is part of a new coalition of UN organisations formed at the recent WSIS2018 Forum to achieve a shared goal of tackling the ever-growing issue of electronic waste.
