A good e-waste regulation isn't for tomorrow...

We know from the other blogs that a good e-waste regulation isn't for tomorrow. Because of that, it is very easy for the industrialised countries, which produce a lot of e-waste, to move it to developing countries. Those poor and developing countries have to treat all the e-waste and, as we already know, the treatment of all our stuff can process big health and pollution problems. The Basel convention tries to do something against those big issues and the severe consequences of all that transport. You should also know that it isn't just e-waste, but also all kinds of other hazardous waste the developed countries transport to the developing ones. The Basel convention tries to do something against that. The 4 most important objectives of the Basel convention are

1) to treat the hazardous waste as closely as possible to the source

2) to help the developing countries to treat all the waste as environment-friendly as possible

3) to limit the quantity of all the dangerous substances and

4) as I already mentioned, to limit the transport between the countries in the world.

It is very unfortunate that a big country and world power as the US has signed but not ratified the convention. But in spite of that, I think that the Basel convention is a very good initiative in absence of a clear e-waste regulation. Almost all the countries in the world have signed and ratified it!

(Source: http://www.basel.int/)

Mathieu Delmulle