The 14th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention on May 10, 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland agreed to include mixed, unrecyclable and contaminated plastic waste exports into the control regime that requires the consent of importing countries before waste exports can proceed.

The decision was hailed as a breakthrough for environmental justice and an ethical circular economy by the vast majority of the 187 nations present as well as by the Convention's environmental watchdog organization -- Basel Action Network (BAN) along with other civil society groups in attendance.

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