Trade for the Environment: Transboundary Hazardous Waste Movements After the Basel Convention

AbstractThis essay identifies the obstacles to a complete ban on international movement of hazardous waste and critiques its desirability. The essay argues that the obstacles are difficulties in formulating and implementing multilateral waste management treaties (WMTs), socioeconomic factors and trade liberalisation. Also, it argues that the desirability of a complete ban is a function of national priority and socio-economic differentials that underpin the waste trade. Furthermore, since the Basel Convention as amended is not a ‘Holy Grail’, the responsibility of a complete ban will lie on the shoulders of countries that do want to ‘trade poison for cash’. Such countries will have to strengthen their environmental legislation, forge and sustain stronger joint actions to confront the problem.

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The Ukrainian regulation on hazardous waste in comparison with Basel Convention and the Directive 2008/98/EC

elni Review ◽

10.46850/elni.2014.006 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 44-50

Author(s):

Viktoria Raczyńska

Keyword(s):

Radioactive Waste ◽

Waste Management ◽

Hazardous Waste ◽

Basel Convention ◽

Spent Fuel ◽

Fuel Management ◽

Hazardous Waste Management ◽

National Legislation ◽

Transboundary Movements

Ukraine ratified the Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal (hereinafter - the Basel Convention) as well as the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Managemet. However, national legislation is more declarative than specific; it tends to copy basic general provisions of international documents in this field rather than creating concrete effective mechanisms for their implementation. The duplication and inconsistency of the provisions of Ukrainian legal acts in the field of hazardous waste management has attracted the attention of scholars. This article analyses the main provisions of Ukrainian legislation regulating hazardous waste management in terms of its compliance with the Basel Convention and the Directive 2008/98/EC.

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ANALISIS TERHADAP PREMIUM REMEDIUM TERKAIT SANKSI HUKUM LINGKUNGAN

JURNAL DIMENSI ◽

10.33373/dms.v5i1.17 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Rumbadi Dalle

Keyword(s):

Hazardous Waste ◽

Free Trade ◽

Free Trade Zone ◽

Stockholm Convention ◽

Basel Convention ◽

Boundary Movement

Pulau Batam sebagai kawasan Perdagangan dan Pelabuhan Bebas sesuai Undang-Undang Nomor 27 Tahun 2007, dan Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 1 Tahun 2007. Batam sebagai kawasan Perdagangan dan Pelabuhan Bebas termasuk Pulau Tonton, Pulau Setokok, Pulau Nipah, Pulau Rempang, Pulau Galang, Pulau Galang Baru, Manfaat diterapkannya kawasan perdagangan dan pelabuhan bebas 34 negara telah berinvestasi di sini.Konsekuensi status Free Trade Zone adalah banyaknya investor yang berdampak negatif di satu sisi, dan dampak positif di sisi lain. Dampak negatif adalah kerusakan lingkungan hidup akibat dari kegiatan usaha perusahaan tersebut, perusahaan ada yang memproduksi limbah bahan berbahaya dan beracun (B3), bahkan ada perusahaan pengimpor Limbah B3 masuk ke Indonesia seperti PT. Jace Octavia Mandiri . Stockholm Convention 1972, Basel Convention on the Control of Trans boundary Movement on Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal. Indonesia meratifikasi Konvensi Stockholm itu menerbitkan Undang-Undang Nomor 32 Tahun 2009 Tentang Perlindungan dan Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup menggantikan Undang-Undang Nomor 27 Tahun 1997 Tentang Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup. Pemerintah Kota Batam berhadapan dengan pilihan yang sulit dalam penerapan sanksi sesuai Undang-Undang Nomor 32 Tahun 2009 Tentang Perlindungan dan Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup, sebab dalam peraturan itu, sanksi administrasi (Ultimum Remedium) lingkungan harus dikedepankan sebelum melangkah sanksi lain yakni sanksi Pidana (Premium Remedium).

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