International conventions BRS-M Hazardous Waste Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
B Treatment and disposal
Transboundary movements
www.basel.int Palestine joined in 2015
Hazardous waste inventory
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
R Labelling and safety data sheet
Reporting and information sharing
www.pic.int Palestine joined in 2017
Prior informed consent (PIC)
Persistent Organic Pollutants Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
S
STOP
Safe management of POPs stockpiles and waste
Restrict, prohibit or eliminate POPs
www.pops.int Palestine joined in 2017
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) inventory
Mercury Minamata Convention on Mercury
Hg STOP
M
Hg
Hg Hg
Safe management of mercury waste, control of releases
Phase-out or phase-down of mercury use
Mercury assessments and action plans
mercuryconvention.org Palestine joined in 2019
Sound Management of Waste and Chemicals in Palestine Informational materials produced by the Environment Quality Authority and Zoi Environment Network. Funded by the UNEP Special Programme