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Further consideration of plastic waste

Document type
Decision
Reference number
OEWG-14/9
Date
Jun 25, 2024
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Treaty
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Apr 5, 1989)
Meeting
Fourteenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG-14)
Website
www.informea.org
Full text
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.English.pdf
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.English.docx
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.French.pdf
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.French.docx
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.Russian.docx
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.Russian.pdf
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.Spanish.pdf
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UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.Chinese.docx
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.Chinese.pdf
UNEP-CHW-OEWG.14-OEWG-14-9.Arabic.pdf
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Abstract

The Open-ended Working Group

1. Takes note of the comments on the draft document on possible further activities that could be conducted under the Basel Convention in response to developments in scientific knowledge and environmental information and health impacts related to plastic waste as a source of land pollution, marine plastic litter and microplastics, and on the compilation of input from Parties at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;