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Controlling transboundary movement of hazardous waste

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Context

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends promoting and strengthening international cooperation in the management of transboundary movements of hazardous waste.

Broader

Improving hazardous waste management
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Managing transboundary issues
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Regulating transboundary movement and disposal of waste
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Reducing transboundary pollution
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Preventing movement across frontiers
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Narrower

Developing conventions on transboundary movement of hazardous waste
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Complying with international guidelines in hazardous waste agreements
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Assigning responsibility for damage caused by accidental spills of hazardous waste
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Setting up tracking systems for movements of hazardous waste
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Preventing illegal international traffic in hazardous wastes
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Improving capacities to monitor the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes
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Ensuring compatibility of agreements on hazardous waste
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Campaigning against the export of toxic materials
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Banning hazardous waste exports to countries lacking safe handling capability
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Value

Wastage
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Hazard
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Reference

Norris, Ruth, et al: Pills, Pesticides and Profits: the international trade in toxic substances
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Transfrontier Movements of Hazardous Wastes: legal and institutional aspects
Third World Network: Toxic Terror: dumping of hazardous wastes in the third world
Guevara, Maria Isolda P: The Basel Convention Export Ban Amendment: Arguments against ratification
Krueger, Jonathan: International Trade and the Basel Convention

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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral strategies
Subject
Content quality
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Language
English
1A4N
J1459
DOCID
12014590
D7NID
207567
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/controlling-transboundary-movement-hazardous-waste
Last update
Dec 3, 2024