Thailand Ratifies Global Agreement to End Toxic Waste Trade to Developing Countries

June 7, 2023. Today, Thailand joins 102 other countries in their ratification of the Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal. The Amendment bans export of hazardous wastes of all kinds from developed countries (OECD, EU, and Liechtenstein) to developing countries. Thailand's ratification makes it clear that imports of such hazardous waste shall no longer be tolerated, while sending a strong and unequivocal message that Thailand will not tolerate any imports of hazardous waste from developed countries.