New amendments to the Basel Convention will establish new definitions of hazardous and non-hazardous electronic waste, ensuring that these two categories of e-waste will either be banned from trade, or at a minimum, require notification by the exporting country and consent by the importing country prior to export. The legislative changes were approved at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP15).
The charity has published a white paper calling on the UN to address plastic pollution and support the transition to a circular economy for plastics in a new treaty
Greenpeace are calling upon the UK Government to stop the export of plastic waste after evidence of illegal dumping and burning found in southern Turkey
Forty-four international environmental groups have co-signed a demand ordering Italy to return Italian municipal waste that was illegally shipped to Tunisia last year
The #BeyondRecovery initiative sets out the agenda for a sustainable future, centering local communities, job creation and investment in zero waste infrastructure
Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
