Environment
Ahmedabad:
Vessel containing ‘hazardous substances’ intercepted, brought to Mundra Port
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The Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal first came into
force in 1992.
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The Convention puts an onus on
exportation countries to make sure that hazardous wastes are managed in an
environmentally sound manner within the country of import.
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The basel Convention places obligations
on countries that ar party to the Convention. 151 Countries have ratified the
Basel Convention as at december 2002.
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These obligations ar to: Minimise
generation of hazardous waste; guarantee adequate disposal facilities are
available; management and reduce international movements of hazardous waste;
guarantee environmentally sound management of wastes; and prevent and punish
illegal traffic.
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It particularly focuses on preventing
transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries.
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It provides for cooperation between the
parties, as well as exchange of data on problems relevant to the implementation
of the Convention.
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It applies prior Consent Approval
procedure to manage the transboundary movement of the hazardous and different
wastes.
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Non-parties cannot transport hazardous
waste to and from each other unless specially agreed.
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Basel Convention states such
transportation, illegal.
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The member nations to the convention are
required to have domestic legislation for both prevention and the punishment of
the illegal trafficking of such hazardous wastes.
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Conference of Parties (COP) may be a
primary organ of the Basel Convention and is accountable to form choices
regarding the operations of the convention.
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It meets biennially. India could be a
member of the Basle Convention.
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It ratified the convention in June 1992
and brought it into force on twenty second Sept 1992.
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest
& Climate Change (MOEF&CC) introduced Hazardous and Other Wastes
(Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules of 2016.
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