Chemicals & Wastes
activities of the main multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) to address chemicals and wastes issues, including the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions; activities related to ship recycling and the Hong Kong Convention, as well as efforts to reduce marine debris. Targets under SDG Goal 12 call for, by 2020, achieving the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, and by 2030, substantially reducing waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
news
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policy briefs
SEE MORETextiles Under a New Global Chemicals and Waste Framework
Advancing Action on Plastics and Chemicals and Waste
Integrating Policy: Water, Endocrine Disruptors, and Pharmaceuticals
Financing the Sound Management of Chemicals and Wastes
Events
SEE MOREDiplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Plastic Pollution Treaty
2-6 June 2025
Ecuador[tentative]
Basel Convention COP17, Rotterdam Convention COP12, and Stockholm Convention COP12
28 April - 9 May 2025
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Plastic Pollution INC-5
29 October - 1 November 2024
Republic of Korea
16th meeting of the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP)
21-26 July 2024
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Plastic Pollution INC-4
1-5 April 2024
Canada
UNEA-6
26 February - 1 March 2024
Nairobi, Kenya