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Further consideration of plastic waste

Document type
Decision
Reference number
BC-15/15
Date
Jun 6, 2022
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
Face-to-face segment of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
Website
www.informea.org
Full text
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.English.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.Russian.docx
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.Spanish.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.Russian.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.Chinese.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.Spanish.docx
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.French.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.English.docx
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.French.docx
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.Chinese.docx
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.Arabic.docx
UNEP-CHW-COP.15-BC-15-15.Arabic.pdf
Abstract

The Conference of the Parties,

1. Takes note of the background information related to a possible future assessment of the effectiveness of the measures taken under the Basel Convention to address plastic waste and to possible further activities that could be conducted under the Convention; of the information on certain plastic wastes referred to in entry Y48 in Annex II and entry B3011 in Annex IX to the Convention submitted by Parties and others in response to paragraph 35 of decision BC-14/13; and of the report by the United Nations Environment Programme on the implementation of the United Nations Environment Assembly resolutions on marine litter and microplastics;