November 29, 2024 | Busan, South Korea — As the fifth and final negotiations on the global plastics treaty continue, experts discuss how a robust Global Plastics Treaty can complement the Basel Convention’s plastic waste trade amendments, for a more comprehensive approach to tackling plastic pollution. On November 29, the Basel Action Network (BAN), the […]
Policy Brief | State of Play: The Plastic Waste Trade in Asia (November 2024)
Community Legal Help and Public Interest Centre (C-HELP) & Basel Action Network (BAN) | 2024
Is it appropriate for the global plastic treaty to address one of the worst symptoms of the plastic waste crisis – the plastic waste trade for recycling? And if so, how can it go beyond the 2021 Basel Convention Amendments, in addressing the gaps in policy and implementation? This policy brief critically examines how continued plastic waste trade under the guise of recycling, is a symptom of plastic over-production, and how the Global Plastic Treaty can fix it.