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⇒ The prevention and monitoring of illegal traffic;
⇒ Improvement of institutional and technical capabilities – through
technology when appropriate – especially for developing countries and
countries with economies in transition;
⇒ Further development of regional and sub regional centres for training
and technology transfer.
2.0 Objectives of the Basel Convention
The key objectives of the Convention are: -
⇒ To minimise the generation of hazardous wastes in terms of quantity
and hazardousness;
⇒ To treat and dispose of hazardous wastes as close as possible to their
source of generation;
⇒ To reduce transboundary movement of hazardous waste;
⇒ To ensure strict control over the movements of hazardous wastes
across border as well as the prevention of illegal traffic;
⇒ To prohibit shipments of hazardous wastes to countries lacking the
legal, administrative and technical capacity to manage and dispose of
them in an environmentally sound manner; and
⇒ To assist developing countries and countries with economies in
transition in environmentally sound management of the hazardous
wastes they generate.
3.0 Controlled categories of wastes
In the context of the Basel Convention, wastes are considered hazardous
to people and the environment if they are toxic, poisonous, explosive,
corrosive, flammable, eco-toxic, or infectious. These can be in liquid, solid
or in other forms. According to the Convention various types of wastes fall
under these categories. These are listed in Annex I of the Convention (as
amended in Annex VIII). A list of hazardous characteristics is contained in
Annex III of the Convention. See appendix to this paper.
4.0 Substantive Provisions of the Basel Convention
Article 1- Scope of the Convention
This article defines what are hazardous wastes in the context of the
Convention. Annex 1 wastes are those wastes that are considered
hazardous by the domestic legislation of the Party. It also defines what are
other wastes of significant importance to the Convention. These are
wastes collected from households and residues arising from incineration
of household wastes. Radioactive materials are excluded from the scope
of this convention. Excluded also are the wastes arising from normal
operations of a ship. These kinds of wastes are covered by other
international instruments/control systems.
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