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How Zim’s second-hand car boom is fuelling a hidden waste crisis
25 Jan 2026 11:59 GMT
… embedded hazardous waste.
“The control of hazardous waste and full implementation of the Bamako Convention on … the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Waste falls …
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Bamako Convention: A health crisis as Kenyans face polluted rivers, mercury-filled gold mines
08 Jan 2026 11:49 GMT
… justice when hazardous waste affects their water and health.”
Implementing the Bamako Convention would … Bamako Convention was created because Africa had become a dumping ground for hazardous waste …
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Malawi’s plastic ban victory hollow without Bamako Convention Ratification
07 Jan 2026 23:42 GMT
… pollution.
Treaty Gaps
The Bamako Convention prohibits hazardous waste importation into Africa and requires … the Bamako Convention, the country is making efforts to curb importation of hazardous waste …
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Mulanje’s toxic waste woes
15 Jan 2026 04:55 GMT
… Bamako Convention, which bans the importation of hazardous waste and promotes sustainable waste … laws and policies regulating hazardous waste management, the implementation and … Basel Convention on hazardous waste, but hazardous and medical waste are still …
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Malawi’s toxic delay to act on waste
08 Jan 2026 20:46 GMT
… the Bamako Convention, a treaty which bans the importation of hazardous waste and … legal and policy framework governing hazardous waste management, the implementation and … Basel Convention on hazardous waste, but hazardous and medical waste are still common …
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Used car imports are turning Zimbabwe into a silent toxic dump
25 Jan 2026 16:32 GMT
… ;The control of hazardous waste and full implementation of the Bamako Convention on the … to the Bamako Convention, which outright bans the importation of hazardous waste into Africa …
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Op-Ed: Bamako Convention Cuts Africa Out of the Ship Recycling Industry
18 Nov 2025 01:30 GMT
… the Bamako Convention’s strict prohibition on the import of hazardous waste … consistently notes, “the Bamako Convention adopts prior informed consent … hazardous-waste movement leaves the continent structurally unable to participate. The Bamako Convention …
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Gambia introduces CRP on Bamako Convention to BRS-COP 2025
05 May 2025 10:52 GMT
… and transportation of hazardous chemicals and waste.
As Head of … or stronger agreements on hazardous wastes to help achieve … the Bamako Convention with BRS Conventions on issues of waste management … Jaiteh, the Registrar of Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides at …
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Gambia introduces CRP on Bamako Convention to the BRS-COP 2025 for International Cooperation & Resource Mobilization
02 May 2025 12:27 GMT
… and transportation of hazardous chemicals and waste.
As Head of … or stronger agreements on hazardous wastes to help achieve … the Bamako Convention with BRS Conventions on issues of waste management … Jaiteh, the Registrar of Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides at …
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Closing the Gap: EU Harmonization and the Future of Ship Recycling
17 Jan 2026 02:53 GMT
… Convention and parallel assessments of hazardous-waste management regimes against Basel … is largely excluded by the Bamako Convention, while other developing regions lack … Its purpose is to prevent hazardous waste from being transferred to substandard …