Basel Convention

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002797",
  "term": "Basel Convention",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, with Annexes, done at Basel on March 22, 1989.\n\n2. The international treaty that establishes standards for global trade of hazardous waste, municipal waste, and municipal incinerator ash. Because the United States is not a party to the convention, U.S. businesses can only export waste to those countries with which the U.S. government has negotiated a separate waste trade agreement.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Treaty number 102-5",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 2008 Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/basel-convention/"
}