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    MARCH 3, 2015 5 Essential Aims:: © Michelle Duguil

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    The document discusses three international environmental agreements: the Basel Convention, which aims to reduce transboundary movements of hazardous waste; the Rotterdam Convention, which establishes procedures for importing and exporting certain hazardous chemicals; and the Stockholm Convention, which aims to eliminate persistent organic pollutants that remain in the environment for long periods and accumulate in living organisms.

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    The document discusses three international environmental agreements: the Basel Convention, which aims to reduce transboundary movements of hazardous waste; the Rotterdam Convention, which establishes procedures for importing and exporting certain hazardous chemicals; and the Stockholm Convention, which aims to eliminate persistent organic pollutants that remain in the environment for long periods and accumulate in living organisms.

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    MARCH 3, 2015 4.

    Hexachlorobenzane (Insdustrial chemicals)


    5. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (by-products)
    1. WHAT IS BASEL CONVENTION? (WASTE)  5 ESSENTIAL AIMS:
     BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF 1. Eliminate dangerous POPs, starting with the 12
    TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUZ worst
    WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL 2. Support the transition to safer alternatives
     An international treaty that was designed to reduce the 3. Target additional POPs for action
    movements of hazardous wastes between nations and 4. Cleanup old stockpiles and equipment containing
    prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to POPs
    less developed countries 5. Work together for POPs-free future
     OBJECTIVE
    o To protect human health and the
    environment against the adverse effects of
    hazardous wastes
    o Its scope of application covers a wide range
    of wastes defined as “hazardous wastes”
    based on their origin and/or composition and
    their characteristics, as well as 2 types of
    wastes defined as other wastes – household
    waste and incinerator ash
     AIMS AND PROVISIONS
    1. Reduction of hazardous waste generation
    and the promotion of environmentally sound
    management of hazardous wastes, wherever
    the place of disposal
    2. The restriction of transboundary movements
    of hazardous wastes except where it is
    perceived to be in accordance with the
    principles of environmentally sound
    management; and
    3. A regulatory system applying to cases where
    transboundary movements are permissible

    2. ROTTERDAM CONVENTION (CHEMICALS)


     ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON THE PRIOR
    INFORMED CONSENT FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS
    CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN INTERNATIONAL
    TRADE
     PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT
    o Under the convention, a chemical listed in the
    convention may only be exported with the
    IMPORTER’S prior consent
    o The convention establishes a procedure to
    disseminate the decisions taken by the
    importing countries, thus implementing the
    PIC principles in international trade in
    chemicals
    o PRODUCTS CONCERNED:
     Banned or severely restricted
    chemicals and to extremely
    hazardous pesticide formulations
     Examples:
    1. Aldrin (Pesticide)
    2. Chlorobenzilate (Pesticide)
    3. Ethylene Oxide (Pesticide)
    4. Mercury compunds (pesticide)
     Where did you encounter PIC in our previous
    discussion?
    o Convention of biodiversity = ABS mainly
    ACCESS (?)

    3. WHAT IS THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION?


     Global treaty to protect human health and the
    environment from persistent organic pollutants (POP)
     POPs are chemicals that remain intact in the
    environment for long periods, become widely
    distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty
    tissue of living organisms and are toxic to humans and
    wildlife
     Examples of POPs:
    1. Aldrin (pesticide)
    2. Chlordane (pesticide)
    3. DDT (pesticide)

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