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Module 5.3:
International and national policies and standards

This section in module 5 covers the International and national policies and standards for e-Waste management, as well as touching on the Basel & Bamako conventions, examples of national policies & legislations, and technical standards on an international level.

Basel and Bamako Conventions

In upcoming sections of this module, we’ll be diving deeper into 2 prominent conventions in the world or e-Waste management. Namely, the “Basel Convention” and the “Bamako Convention”.  Below, we’ll breifly introducte both before moving to a more in-depth look into both conventions.

Basel Convention

  • The overarching objective of the Basel Convention is to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes. Its scope of application covers a wide range of wastes defined as “hazardous wastes” based on their origin and/or composition and their characteristics, as well as two types of wastes defined as “other wastes” – household waste and incinerator ash.
  • E-waste being considered hazardous waste, the Basel Convention includes e-waste in their regulation.

Bamako Convention

  • The Bamako convention is a response to Article 11 of the Basel convention which encourages parties to enter into bilateral, multilateral and regional agreements on Hazardous Waste to help achieve the objectives of the convention.
  • The Bamako convention specifically addresses the issues of hazardous substances in African countries.