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16 Apr 2010, 1:27 pm by WIMS
EPA regarding its sponsored R2 electronic recycling certification program did not mention what some consider to be a more restrictive and competing international certification program from the Basel Action Network (BAN) [See WIMS 3/10/10]. [read post]
29 Jun 2008, 5:43 am
News release, Basel Action Network: "The week-long 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention ended... [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 2:17 pm
  For those of us interested in international governance, Basel's presence on the sidelines has been a useful reminder that not every international regulatory network has become the lord of everything it surveys. [read post]
18 Nov 2007, 11:39 am
Basel Action Network BAN and Toxics Link press release, 14 November 2007 (New Delhi): "...Environmentalists say that the newly drafted... [read post]
3 Jul 2016, 7:49 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“The international toxic trade watchdog organization, Basel Action Network (BAN), released a new report today following a two-year study that involved placing electronic GPS tracking devices into old hazardous electronic equipment such as printers, and computer monitors, and then watching where they travelled across the globe. [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 3:21 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Mashable: “…“Globally, e-waste is the most traded hazardous waste on the planet,” Jim Puckett, the executive director of the Basel Action Network (BAN) said. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 5:00 am by randal shaheen
According to the Basel Action Network (BAN), a Seattle-based non-profit, “e-waste” is the fastest growing toxic waste stream in the world, and too much of it is currently being dumped, burned, or exported to less developed countries that lack the technologies needed to manage toxic materials without harming human health and the environment. [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 1:28 pm by WIMS
EPA regarding its sponsored electronic recycling certification program does not mention what some consider to be a more restrictive and competing international certification program from the Basel Action Network (BAN) [See WIMS 2/11/10]. [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 12:39 pm by WIMS
NRDC said the new e-Stewards Certification and Standard, held by the Basel Action Network (BAN), is seen as essential to stem the tide of hazardous old computers, TVs, monitors and other electronic waste currently flooding African and Asian countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, India, Pakistan and China. [read post]
With her resignation, as well as the recent FDIC, Department of Justice (DOJ), and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network actions related to bank oversight, it appears the activist wing has succeeded for now. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 7:29 am by Mark Worth
Several cantons have enacted some procedures, including Basel-Stadt, as well as cities such as Bern, Winterthur and Zurich. [read post]
24 Nov 2007, 8:16 am
"It is being recycled, but it's being recycled in the most horrific way you can imagine," said Jim Puckett of the Basel Action Network, the Seattle-based environmental group that tipped off Hong Kong authorities. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 6:18 am
The Basel Action Network, a group devoted to opposing toxic waste exports, is claiming that Potomac Navigation intends to export the ship to a breaking yard in India or Bangladesh where it will be demolished for scrap. [read post]