International E-Waste Law Global International Agreement – The Basel Convention.

Global International Agreement The Basel Convention on hazardous wastes (1989) is the only pan-global international agreement currently affecting electronic waste. The stated objective of Basel is “To ensure that management of hazardous wastes and other wastes including their transboundary movement and disposal is consistent with the protection of human health and the environment whatever the place of disposal.

Who does it affect in the Electronics Industry? All producers of waste electronic product, globally. All recyclers of waste electronics product, globally.

Why does it affect the industry? Wastes contained in Annex 1 of the agreement are characterized as hazardous under Article 1, paragraph 1 (a), of the Convention.

Why does it affect the industry? This includes, for example, Waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap containing components such as accumulators and other batteries included on list A, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glass and PCB-capacitors, or contaminated with Annex I constituents (e.g., cadmium, mercury, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl).

How does it affect the industry? The convention places an obligation on the ratifying countries to; Ensure that the generation of hazardous wastes and other wastes within it is reduced to a minimum.

How does it affect the industry? Ensure the availability of adequate disposal facilities, for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes, that shall be located, to the extent possible, within it, whatever the place of their disposal.

How does it affect the industry? Ensure that persons involved in the management of hazardous wastes or other wastes within it take such steps as are necessary to prevent pollution due to hazardous wastes and other wastes arising from such management and, if such pollution occurs, to minimize the consequences thereof for human health and the environment.

How does it affect the industry? Ensure that the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes is reduced to the minimum consistent with the environmentally sound and efficient management of such wastes, and is conducted in a manner which will protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from such movement.

Which countries are signed up? 158 Countries across the world. 37 African Countries 41 Countries in Asia-Pacific 27 Western European Countries 22 In Central and Eastern European 30 In Latin-America and the Caribbean

How TES-AMM Can help. We are fully conversant with Basel and operate wholly within the convention. We take care of all necessary work to fulfill the requirements of Basel. We provide a full one-stop recycling solution for all waste.

How TES-AMM Can help. We arrange all the logistics. We provide full documentation, as proof of recycling within the Basel framework.

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