Context:
At the Basel Convention’s OEWG-15 meeting in Geneva, countries advanced technical work on e-waste, textile waste and hazardous waste. However, disagreements continued over whether plastic waste should be further addressed under the Basel Convention or left to global plastics treaty negotiations.
Explanation:
- The Basel Convention, 1989 controls the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and their environmentally sound management.
- It aims to prevent developed countries from dumping hazardous waste in developing countries.
- Its key mechanism is Prior Informed Consent (PIC), under which waste can be exported only after the importing country gives consent.
- The Convention covers hazardous wastes, e-waste, biomedical waste, used oils, chemical wastes and certain plastic wastes.
- E-waste includes discarded electrical and electronic equipment containing metals, plastics and toxic substances.
- Textile waste is emerging as a concern because unusable second-hand clothes are often exported to developing countries.
- Plastic waste remains contentious due to overlap with ongoing negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty.
- Hong Kong Convention deals with safe and environmentally sound ship recycling
Source: (The Indian Express, The Hindu, Live Mint)
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