Annex II

United Kingdom

‘ANNEX VIII

GUIDELINES ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT (ARTICLE 49)

I.

Guidelines and guidance documents adopted under the Basel Convention:

1.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of biomedical and health care wastes (Y1; Y3)^f1

2.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of waste lead acid batteries¹

3.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of the full and partial dismantling of ships¹

4.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds (R4)^f2

5.

General technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants^f3

6.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with 1,1,1 trichloro 2,2 bis (4 chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT)^f4

7.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)^f5

8.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF)⁵

9.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters (PCP)^f6

10.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, beta hexachlorocyclohexane, chlordane, chlordecone, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene, lindane, mirex, pentachlorobenzene, pentachlorophenol and its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, technical endosulfan and its related isomers or toxaphene or with hexachlorobenzene as an industrial chemical (POP Pesticides)⁶

11.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls, polychlorinated naphthalenes or polybrominated biphenyls including hexabromobiphenyl (PCBs, PCTs, PCNs or PBBs, including HBB)⁶

12.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether, or tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether or decabromodiphenyl ether (POP-BDEs)³

13.

Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Containing or Contaminated with unintentionally produced polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biphenyls, pentachlorobenzene, polychlorinated naphthalenes or hexachlorobutadiene³

14.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexachlorobutadiene³

15.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with short-chain chlorinated paraffins³

16.

Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of used and waste pneumatic tyres^f7

17.

Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with mercury or mercury compounds⁵

18.

Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound co-processing of hazardous wastes in cement kilns⁷

19.

Guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment⁶

20.

Guidance document on environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life mobile phones⁷

21.

Framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes^f8

22.

Practical manuals for the promotion of the environmentally sound management of wastes^f9

II.

Guidelines adopted by the OECD:

Technical guidance for the environmentally sound management of specific waste streams:

Used and scrap personal computers^f10

III.

Guidelines adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO):

Guidelines on ship recycling^f11

IV.

Guidelines adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO):

Safety and health in shipbreaking guidelines for Asian countries and Turkey^f12 ’

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Adopted by the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, December 2002.
f2: Adopted by the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, October 2004.
f3: Adopted by the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, May 2019.
f4: Adopted by the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, December 2006.
f5: Adopted by the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, May 2015.
f6: Adopted by the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, May 2017.
f7: Adopted by the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, October 2013.
f8: Adopted by the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, October 2013.
f9: Adopted by the thirteenth and fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, May 2017 and May 2019.
f10: Adopted by the Environment Policy Committee of the OECD in February 2003 (document ENV/EPOC/WGWPR(2001)3/FINAL).
f11: Resolution A 962 adopted by the Assembly of the IMO at its 23rd Regular session, 24 November to 5 December 2003.
f12: Approved for publication by the Governing Body of the ILO at its 289th session, 11-26 March 2004.