Obstacles to preserving precaution and equity in global hazardous waste regulation: an analysis of contested knowledge in the Basel Convention

Lucier, Cristina; Gareau, Brian J.

doi:10.1007/s10784-014-9261-6

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“…Much of the discourse at the international level has focused on the application of the Basel Convention to the transboundary movement of waste that is classified as hazardous, particularly from north to south [18][19][20][21]. Research has also found that a large portion of the trade in waste is south-south (ref) but that the majority of trade in hazardous waste is north-north [18,22].…”

Section: At the International Level The Agreement With The Greatest mentioning

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Can the Basel and Stockholm Conventions provide a global framework to reduce the impact of marine plastic litter?

Raubenheimer

McIlgorm

2018

Marine Policy

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The issues resulting from plastic waste in the marine environment have highlighted a general failure to control this pollutant on both land and at sea. The international community is now realising that the increasing growth in the amount of plastic pollution in the ocean is reaching a critical point. This has led to a questioning of the current international governance arrangements for marine litter. The environmental and socioeconomic impacts of marine litter are a symptom of policy failures and greater action is required "upstream" by industry on land to reduce these impacts. The Stockholm and Basel Conventions are international binding instruments that offer the best opportunity to reduce the impacts of plastics and plastic waste globally. We examine weaknesses in how hazardous wastes are categorised and the options to close the gaps in the current framework that allow for and keep pace with innovation. Both conventions are found to be inadequate to manage the entire lifecycle of all plastic applications. Options are suggested for strengthening the international legal and policy framework in order to reduce on a global scale 1) the . quantity of plastic waste generated, and 2) the . hazard of plastics throughout their lifecycle. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Law Can the Basel and Stockholm Conventions provide a global framework to reduce the impact of marine plastic litter? AbstractThe issues resulting from plastic waste in the marine environment have highlighted a general failure to control this pollutant on both land and at sea. The international community is now realising that the increasing growth in the amount of plastic pollution in the ocean is reaching a critical point. This has led to a questioning of the current international governance arrangements for marine litter. The environmental and socio-economic impacts of marine litter are a symptom of policy failures and greater action is required "upstream" by industry on land to reduce these impacts. The Stockholm and Basel Conventions are international binding instruments that offer the best opportunity to reduce the impacts of plastics and plastic waste globally. We examine weaknesses in how hazardous wastes are categorised and the options to close the gaps in the current framework that allow for and keep pace with innovation. Both conventions are found to be inadequate to manage the entire lifecycle of all plastic applications. Options are suggested for strengthening the international legal and policy framework in order to reduce on a global scale 1) the quantity of plastic waste generated, and 2) the hazard of plastics throughout their lifecycle.

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Section: At the International Level The Agreement With The Greatest mentioning

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Can the Basel and Stockholm Conventions provide a global framework to reduce the impact of marine plastic litter?

Raubenheimer

McIlgorm

2018

Marine Policy

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“…GEG is designed to seek ways to make social organization more ecologically sustainable. In the neoliberal era of GEG, however, scholars recognize that it has often been made to maximize profit of North-based agri-industrial firms and other corporate actors, improving ecological conditions only secondarily (For examples of neoliberalization affects in various areas of GEG, see [12,[59][60][61][62][63]). GEG incorporates a multifaceted decision-making process involving international organizations, governments, scientific experts, corporate interests, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other pressure groups representing civil society in a relatively decentralized way.…”

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Sociology in Global Environmental Governance? Neoliberalism, Protectionism and the Methyl Bromide Controversy in the Montreal Protocol

Gareau

2017

Environments

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Sociological studies of global agriculture need to pay close attention to the protectionist aspects of neoliberalism at the global scale of environmental governance. With agri-food studies in the social sciences broadening interrogations of the impact of neoliberalism on agri-food systems and their alternatives, investigating global environmental governance (GEG) will help reveal its impacts on the global environment, global science/knowledge, and the potential emergence of ecologically sensible alternatives. It is argued here that as agri-food studies of neoliberalism sharpen the focus on these dimensions the widespread consequences of protectionism of US agri-industry in GEG will become better understood, and the solutions more readily identifiable. This paper illustrates how the delayed phase out of the toxic substance methyl bromide in the Montreal Protocol exemplifies the degree to which the US agri-industry may be protected at the global scale of environmental governance, thus prolonging the transition to ozone-friendly alternatives. Additionally, it is clear that protectionism has had a significant impact on the dissemination and interpretation of science/knowledge of methyl bromide and its alternatives. Revealing the role that protectionism plays more broadly in the agriculture/environmental governance interface, and its oftentimes negative impacts on science and potential alternatives, can shed light on how protectionism can be made to serve ends that are at odds with environmental protection.

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“…The shipment of hazardous waste has been studied from different environmental perspectives. The shipment of HW from the north to the south has been thoroughly studied (Cotta, 2020;Lucier & Gareau, 2016;Renckens, 2015;Sonak et al, 2008) as it represents a risk for developing countries. Waste shipment is not always from north to south as researchers have proven that the USA exports more HW to Canada than to Mexico (Moore et al, , 2018(Moore et al, , , 2019.…”

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Modelling and analysing the relationship between innovation and the European Regulations on hazardous waste shipments

Latorre

Núñez

Callao

2021

Int Environ Agreements

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In Europe, there are different regulations regarding hazardous waste management with which European Union Member States must comply. On the one hand, Member States must meet the recovery targets that are set in the different waste Directives, and they have two options here: material recovery facilities in the country of origin, or recovery through the shipment of waste. In addition, EU Member States must comply with the regulations governing the shipment of hazardous waste (HW), that is, the Basel Convention and the European Regulation on the shipment of waste. Two main questions arise: where is hazardous waste sent, and why? We analyse the European regulation on the shipment of waste, and we consider the above questions by combining network analysis methodology, to examine which countries in the network can be grouped in HW-trading communities, and ANOVA technique to study how the groups created in the network behave in different contexts. These HW-trading communities can be assessed according to European Innovation Indicators, GDP, and other variables. The results allow us to understand the drivers behind the shipment of HW for recovery in Europe. First, this study provides a descriptive overview of the relationships between European countries, the way in which they cooperate and describes how each country is positioned in the joint network. Second, the study is able to identify the most relevant countries in the network. Third, the HW-trading communities are analysed to discover whether they behave differently from the other groups according to GDP and other variables, amongst which we have included the following Europe Innovation Indicators: innovation index, research systems, innovation friendly environment, or innovators. The results show that the Nordic countries are outstanding in the way in which their waste is managed with other countries and reveal a community that works both in the context of hazardous waste shipment and innovation.

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Obstacles to preserving precaution and equity in global hazardous waste regulation: an analysis of contested knowledge in the Basel Convention

Cited by 19 publications

References 23 publications

Can the Basel and Stockholm Conventions provide a global framework to reduce the impact of marine plastic litter?

Can the Basel and Stockholm Conventions provide a global framework to reduce the impact of marine plastic litter?

Sociology in Global Environmental Governance? Neoliberalism, Protectionism and the Methyl Bromide Controversy in the Montreal Protocol

Modelling and analysing the relationship between innovation and the European Regulations on hazardous waste shipments

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