The Basel Convention
The overarching objective of the Basel Convention on the
Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
and their Disposal is to protect human health and the
environment against the adverse effects of hazardous and
other wastes. The provisions of the Convention center around
the following principal aims:
• the reduction of generation and the promotion of
environmentally sound management of hazardous and
other wastes requiring special consideration, wherever
the place of disposal;
• the restriction of transboundary movements of hazardous
and other wastes except where it is perceived to be in
accordance with the principles of environmentally sound
management;
• a regulatory system applying to cases where transboundary
movements are permissible based on a Prior Informed
Consent (PIC) procedure.
Year: 2021
From collection: Drowning in Plastics: Marine Litter and Plastic Waste Vital Graphics
Cartographer: Levi Westerveld/GRID-Arendal