by stefanie | Dec 7, 2020 | World Focus
Chinese authorities confirm that China will ban all imports of solid waste from effective 1 January 2021. China has been moving towards a ban on all imports of solid waste, and this now comes into effect from 1st January 2021. The ban is an attempt to tackle the...
by stefanie | Mar 10, 2020 | Around the Industry
Abu Dhabi has launched an initiative to phase out and eventually ban single-use plastic within two years. The Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi took to Twitter to launch what it calls a progressive policy to reduce consumption of single-use plastics in the Emirates. By...
by stefanie | Aug 6, 2019 | Around the Industry
Global pollution watchdog organisation Basel Action Network (BAN) is supporting a new bipartisan effort to once and for all close off the electronic waste pipeline to countries like China, India, Nigeria, and Ghana. According to BAN, the new Secure E-Waste Export and...
by Owen Collins | Apr 25, 2019 | Around the Industry
The Basel Action Network (BAN) has published its new Responsible Guideline on Transboundary Movements of Used Electronic Equipment and Electronic Waste to Promote an Ethical Circular Economy under the Basel Convention. The new guideline was developed as an alternative...
by Owen Collins | Apr 17, 2019 | Around the Industry
The Canadian Electronics Recycling Association (ERA) has dropped its defamation lawsuit against Basel Action Network. BAN, as part of its worldwide e-Trash Transparency Project, had reported that three GPS tracked e-waste devices that were deposited at ERA’s...
