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The Basel Convention and its application to ship recycling
The Basel Convention and its application to ship recycling
Ship Recycling Technology & Knowledge Transfer Workshop
14 – 16 July 2010, Izmir, Turkey
Ship Recycling Technology & Knowledge Transfer Workshop
14 – 16 July 2010, Izmir, Turkey
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• Adopted on 22 March 1989• Entered into force on 5 May 1992• 172 Parties to the Convention as at June 2010, covering the five UN Regional Groups
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
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Main Goal of the ConventionMain Goal of the Convention
To protect, by strict control, human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation and
management of hazardous wastes and
other wastes
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Which means…Which means…• Strong controls have
to be applied from the moment of generation of hazardous waste to its storage, transport, treatment, reuse, recycling, recovery and final disposal
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I. Environmentally sound management (ESM) of hazardous wastes and other wastes
Pillars of the ConventionPillars of the Convention
ANDAND Control and EnforcementControl and Enforcement mechanisms (to deliver the mechanisms (to deliver the above)above)
II. Regulation of transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes: “PIC procedure”
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Basel and the ship recycling issue (1) Basel and the ship recycling issue (1) • On BC agenda since
late 1990s• Noted need to
improve standard of ship dismantling worldwide
• Technical Guidelines on ship dismantling adopted in 2002
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Basel and the ship recycling issue (2) Basel and the ship recycling issue (2) Decision VII/26 (COP 7 in 2004):“a ship may become waste as defined in Article 2 of the Basel Convention and at the same time may be defined as a ship under other international rules”
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Basel and the ship recycling issue (3) Basel and the ship recycling issue (3) • IMO Assembly resolution
in 2005: New legally-binding instrument on Ship Recycling
• At COP 8 (2006) / COP 9 (2008):
“Invites the IMO to ensure the draft ship recycling convention establishes an equivalent level of control as that established under the Basel Convention…”
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Basel and the ship recycling issue (4) Basel and the ship recycling issue (4) Parties to carry out a
preliminary assessment on whether the Hong Kong Convention establishes an equivalent level of control and enforcement as that established under the Basel Convention after having developed the criteria necessary for such assessment(Decision IX/30)
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Assessment of Equivalency: The Process (1)Assessment of Equivalency: The Process (1)
• Began in May 2010 • Step one - development of criteria:
– Taking into account:• The special characteristics of ships and
international shipping;• The principles of the Basel Convention and the
relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties;• The comments submitted by Parties and other
relevant stakeholders, as appropriate.
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Assessment of Equivalency: The Process (2)Assessment of Equivalency: The Process (2)
• Result - development of criteria in four broad categories:– Scope and applicability
– Control
– Enforcement
– Exchange of information by Parties / cooperation and coordination
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Assessment of Equivalency: The Process (3)Assessment of Equivalency: The Process (3)
• Step two - preliminary assessment• Result - [comments] compiled• Next step - Parties and other relevant
stakeholders to:– Review the criteria developed– Identify relevant articles, regulations and
decisions in each Convention– Conduct their own preliminary assessments
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Assessment of Equivalency: The Process (4)Assessment of Equivalency: The Process (4)
• October 2011 - COP 10: assessments submitted “for consideration and action, as appropriate”
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Assessment of Equivalency: Potential Outcomes (1)
Assessment of Equivalency: Potential Outcomes (1)
• Basel Convention Parties may or may not take action following completion of the equivalency process
– No action: treaties co-exist
– Action: theoretically - COP decision (further work, temporary or final clarification) or amendment to the Basel Convention?
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Assessment of Equivalency: Potential Outcomes (2)
Assessment of Equivalency: Potential Outcomes (2)
• Further considerations:– ships excluded from the Hong Kong Convention
– Basel Convention Parties not Parties to the Hong Kong Convention
– downstream disposal facilities and management of wastes in an environmentally sound manner
– Technical Guidelines and Training Manuals on specific waste streams, treatment technologies, etc.
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Environmentally Sound Management under the Basel Convention
Environmentally Sound Management under the Basel Convention
• Enhance the implementation and enforcement of the Basel Convention – ESM of downstream waste management– As transposed into national legislation:
• Waste management regulations• Hazardous waste regulations
• Pakistan national legislation:– Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997– Hazardous Substance Rules– And?
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Elements for control
WASTE GENERATOR
1255
TRANSPORTATION
*
FACILITIES
DEFINITION ORCLASSIFICATION OF
WASTE
Regulatory Tools for Control
Source: David C Wilson 1999
Downstream waste managementDownstream waste management
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Steps to enhance implementation and enforcement of Basel (1)
Steps to enhance implementation and enforcement of Basel (1)
I. Legal and institutional framework• Quantify the problem
– Quantities of hazardous wastes generated or imported determined through a National Inventory of Hazardous waste
• Determine waste policy / strategy• Strengthen / develop national legislation
– Model national legislation
– Checklist for the legislator
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Steps to enhance implementation and enforcement of Basel (2)
Steps to enhance implementation and enforcement of Basel (2)
• Institutional strengthening– training and awareness raising of those involved in the
chain of control and enforcement• regulators, enforcement officers, etc.
• Also include relevant stakeholders including waste generators, disposal workers including those handling and transporting waste, etc.
• Systems for monitoring, action in case of breach• Traceability of waste management operations –
from “generator”, to “transporter”, to “disposer”
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Steps to enhance implementation and enforcement of Basel (3)
Steps to enhance implementation and enforcement of Basel (3)
II. Infrastructure development• According to needs e.g. incineration, landfill, etc.
– Basel Convention technical guidelines for disposal operations and priority waste streams
• How to develop?– External funding (donors), public private partnerships…
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For further informationFor further information
Visit the Basel Convention’s Website:
www.basel.int/ships
Tel: [+41 22] 917 8331 Fax: [+41 22] 797 3454
Email: [email protected]
Thank youThank you
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