Assisting parties to protect human health and the environment
January / February 2021 - No. 34
Welcome
Dear Readers,
Welcome to the first BRS Newsletter of 2021 – and to quote our Executive Secretary’s Blog – the year has started with bang for chemicals and waste management! Find all the exciting developments below, starting with the Basel Convention’s ground-breaking Plastic Waste Amendments, which became effective on 1st January!
The Basel Convention’s Plastic Waste Amendments become effective on 1 January 2021, changing the way plastic waste is traded, to better protect human health and the environment.
International efforts to control unwanted imports of waste continue to strengthen, with Nicaragua the latest Party to ratify this key change to the convention.
Thanks to funding support from the Norwegian development agency Norad, BRS regional centres are implementing practical projects on the environmentally sound management of plastic waste.
This days also marks the communication of 3 proposals to amend the Basel Convention in addition to the proposals to amend Annexes III to the Rotterdam Convention and to amend Annexes A, B, and/or C of the Stockholm Convention communicated on 15 December 2020.
Key document on Prior Informed Consent issued for 52d time, sharing information to assist and inform Parties for better decision-making regarding pesticides and chemicals.
As we begin this new year, I wish to share with you exciting news about our progress in addressing the global plastic waste issue, about the 100 th Party to ratify the Ban Amendment, about toxic chemicals in plastics products being considered by Stockholm Convention, and about preparations for our meetings of the Conferences of the Parties,...
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.
