Blog post about environmental rights and the need for amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
Tag: chemicals management
High Level Declaration (HDL) – enabling framework for international management of chemicals and waste
Response of NGOs from around the world regarding the High Level Declaration (HLD), an enabling framework for chemicals and waste for the next phase of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) policy within the United Nations Environment Program.…
Responding to Basel Convention on Plastic Waste Amendments and Canada-US Arrangement on the trade of Plastic Waste
Fé de Leon, CELA and Olga Speranskaya, Health and Environment Justice Support Fé de Leon and Olga Speranskaya write the Plastics and Waste Management Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to support strong measures on plastic waste…
Acting on Plastic Waste and Packaging – What All Levels of Government Should Consider First
Fé de Leon and Olga Speranskaya, from CELA and HEJSupport, give their view of how plastic waste and packaging could be better managed through extended producer responsibility and a toxic-free circular economy.
Transitioning the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Program to Full Extended Producer Responsibility
7 environmental NGOs submit their recommendations to the MOECP regarding hazardous waste.
Backgrounder – Canada and Turkey risk being dumping ground for plastic waste
Canada and Turkey risk being dumping ground for plastic waste - Compliance to Basel Convention amendments on plastics and “no consensus” under OECD Working Group key contributing factors