Welcome to the information clearinghouse of the Plastic Waste Transparency Project, otherwise known as "The Hub". Here, activists, policy makers, academics and industry stakeholders can find up-to-date information on the global trade in plastic waste, the countries and actors engaged in it, as well as campaign information to combat the unsustainable trade in plastic waste.


 

Introduction

BAN, together with a strong contingent of member organizations to the Break Free From Plastics Movement, achieved a major success at the Basel Convention when the Norwegian Package of Amendments to more comprehensively include Plastics under the trade controls of the Convention.  Please find two fact sheets regarding these reforms created prior to full adoption by consensus:

And please find articles describing the victory, including our paper explaining the nuts and bolts implications of the new package of amendments, here.

Important Documents

Take the Plastics Footprint Challenge!

This week BAN staff is undertaking to break free from plastics by beginning to take the plastics challenge and calculate our plastics use, using the Plastics Use Calculator. Join us.

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Plastic Footprint Calculator
 

See something that’s not right?

If you see governments or corporations acting irresponsibly when it comes to hazardous waste policy or management, please let us know.



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