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T1 The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 hazardous waste
K1 transboundary waste disposal
K1 transboundary pollution
K1 environmental agreement
K1 Pollution
YR 1989
FD 1989
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30357
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30357
NO In recent years, the amount of hazardous wastes shipped across national borders has increased substantially. As the generation of wastes in industrialized countries has increased dramatically in the past decades and disposal facilities, especially landfill space, have become more scarce and therefore more expensive, there is a growing tendency to export hazardous wastes, especially to less industrialized countries. Disposal costs in a developing country are often only a fraction of the equivalent costs in the industrialized world, and most developing countries do not have the necessary legal and institutional frame-work to effectively control and prevent the dumping of hazardous wastes in their territories. They also lack the technical capacity to dispose of such wastes in a way that does not harm the environment and human health. As a result, hazardous wastes are often deposited illegally and without technical precautions.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026