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Question: Plastic W Plastic Waste Trade in Southeast Asia After China ade in Southeast Asia After China’s Impor s Import Ban: Implications of the New Basel Convention Amendment and Recommendations for the Future
Answer: It has become evident when some countries strengthen their domestic plastic waste restrictions and oversight of imports, global flows of plastic waste simply shift elsewhere. However, the pattern of continually diverting plastic waste shipments to countries that have less strict regulatory standards will become difficult under new rules adopted under the Basel Convention in May 2019. This Article explores the Basel Convention’s rolein reversing the existing plastics trade between developed and developing countries, and the legal implications of the new amendments on the international plastic waste trade, with a particular focus on the SoutheastAsian countries that have been significantly impacted by China’s plastic waste import ban in 2018. The author also argues the 2019 plastic amendments could have implications far beyond the States Parties. This presents an even greater need for the United States to comply with the new amendments even though it has not yet ratified the Convention. Finally, the Article concludes with some recommendations to improve the existingframework of the Basel Convention on the following issues: regulating marine plastic pollution, implementing special or differential treatment fordeveloping countries, and reducing the generation of plastic waste.
(Source: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, 10 Jun 2021)
Source Link: https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1713&context=cwlr