× 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. Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of plastic wastes Document type Decision Reference number BC-16/4 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-16-4.French.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.Russian.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.French.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.Arabic.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.Chinese.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.Spanish.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.Chinese.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.Spanish.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.English.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.English.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.Arabic.docx UNEP-CHW-COP.16-BC-16-4.Russian.docx Abstract The Conference of the Parties 1. Welcomes with appreciation the contributions made by the Governments of China, Japan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as co-lead countries, and the small intersessional working group established pursuant to paragraph 20 of decision BC-14/13 to the tasks pertaining to the technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of plastic wastes;