Economic Development and Regulations on Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste

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  • 途上国の経済発展とバーゼル条約
  • トジョウコク ノ ケイザイ ハッテン ト バーゼル ジョウヤク

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Circumstances surrounding the Basel Convention have changed significantly when compared to the early 1990s, the time when the Basel Convention entered into force and the Ban Amendment was adopted. Hikes in the price of resources highlight the importance of utilizing waste as resource. In some developing countries, the number of environmentally sound hazardous waste treatment and recycling facilities have increased. This has led to difficulties in the consideration of appropriate policies for transboundary movement, based on the system for classifying countries into developing and developed. Taking into account the existence of inappropriate recyclers in some of the developing countries, parties of the Convention must now consider how to make transboundary regulations on hazardous waste more lax. This paper points out the fact there is a need for parties of the Convention to appropriately reassess restrictions in light of the current situation, and share their views on how strict trade restrictions often become an obstacle to proper recycling itself.

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