Basel vote tightens rules on hazardous waste in end-of-life ships

摘要

The Basel Convention must continue setting the rules for recycling and disposal of end-of-life ships, African countries attending the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention have insisted. Delegates told the meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, that they feared current controls on hazardous waste management might be relaxed under the International Maritime Organization's rival Hong Kong Convention (HKC).