Baselavtalen
Baselavtalen, officially the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, is an international treaty that entered into force in 1992. It was adopted in Basel, Switzerland, on March 22, 1989, and its primary aim is to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of hazardous wastes. The convention controls the movement of hazardous wastes between nations and ensures that such wastes are managed and disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.
The Basel Convention requires countries to minimize the generation of hazardous wastes, to manage them as close
Furthermore, the convention classifies hazardous wastes and requires them to be labeled, packaged, and transported in