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Introduction
The National Environment Agency (NEA) is conducting a public consultation on the new domestic controls in view of the new requirements for the transboundary movement of plastic wastes under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (“Basel Convention”). The consultation exercise will start on 25 Nov 2019 and end on 15 Dec 2019.
Background
2 As a Party to the Basel Convention, Singapore implements the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure for transboundary movement (i.e. import, export and transit) of hazardous wastes and other wastes controlled under the Convention. The transboundary movement will only take place after all Parties involved in the movement (i.e. States of Import, Export and Transit) have provided their consent. Please refer to Annex A for the definition of hazardous wastes under the Basel Convention.
3 Currently, solid plastic wastes are classified as non-hazardous wastes unless they contain hazardous constituents; and they are listed in Annex IX (code B3010) of the Basel Convention. The wastes in Annex IX are not subjected to transboundary movement control under the Basel Convention (i.e. no PIC procedure is required).
4 The full text and Annexes of the Basel Convention can be found on the Basel Convention website at www.basel.int/Portals/4/Basel%20Convention/docs/text/BaselConventionText-e.pdf.
New Control Measures for Plastic Wastes under the Basel Convention
5 At the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP-14) held from 29 April to 10 May 2019, Parties adopted the decision to subject the transboundary movement of certain plastic wastes streams to the PIC procedure.