Free trade of non-hazardous waste between US and Canada negatively impacts the environment, health and human rights

April 20, 2021
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Basel Convention, chemicals, chemicals management, circular economy, consumer products, cumulative effects, drinking water, ecosystem health, endocrine disruption, energy from waste, environmental health, environmental justice, environmental law, environmental rights, extended producer responsibility (EPR), flame retardants, freshwater, great lakes, hazardous waste, human rights, incineration

HEJSupport, Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and Women’s Healthy Environments Network (WHEN) prepared a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics for his future report on the lifecycle of plastics and human rights. This submission is focused on the implications of the Arrangement between the government of the United States of America and the government of Canada concerning the environmentally sound management of non-hazardous waste and scrap subject to transboundary movement on human rights in Canada.

Prepared by:
Olga Speranskaya, HEJSupport
Alexandra Caterbow, HEJSupport
Fe de Leon, CELA
Cassie Barker, WHEN

Download the submission here: NGO_submission_to_SRT_20042021

Free trade of non-hazardous waste between US and Canada negatively impacts the environment, health and human rights

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