× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Further consideration of plastic waste Document type Decision Reference number BC-16/11 Date May 1, 2023 SourceUNEP, 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 Meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BC COP-16, RC COP-11, SC COP-11) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.Spanish.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.Russian.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.Arabic.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.Chinese.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.French.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.English.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.English.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.Arabic.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.Russian.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.French.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.Chinese.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-11.Spanish.docx Abstract The Conference of the Parties, 1. Takes note of 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 of the compilation of inputs from Parties at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;