Basel convention : Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, HCB, mirex or toxaphene or with HCB as an industrial c
Description:
The present technical guidelines provide guidance for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), mirex or toxaphene or with HCB as an industrial chemical (abbreviated as “pesticide POPs”) pursuant to decisions IV/17, V/26, VI/23, VII/13 and VIII/16 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal; decisions OEWG-I/4, OEWG II/10, OEWG-III/8, OEWG IV/11 and OEWG-V/12 of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention; resolution 5 of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; decisions INC-6/5 and INC-7/6 of the Stockholm Convention Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Instrument for Implementing International Action on Certain Persistent Organic Pollutants and decisions SC-1/21 and SC-2/6 of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
This guidance will assist with the management of wastes disposal.