Environment

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes and aims to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, management, transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous and other wastes.

Since becoming a Party to the Basel Convention in 1993, Japan has supported the effective implementation of the Basel Convention in various forms. Japan is one of the major contributors to the Trust Fund for the Basel Convention (584,208 US dollars in 2019, 12.1% of the total assessed contribution to the general trust fund of the Basel Convention). In recent years, Japan has played an active role in e-waste issues management, particularly through financing for e-waste projects in the Asia-Pacific region and hosting workshops on e-waste. Recognizing the importance of hazardous wastes problems, Japan is prepared to contribute to the Basel Convention primarily through financial and technical support.