Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
@brsconventions.bsky.social
Three leading multilateral environmental agreements addressing the life -cycle of chemicals and wastes.
https://www.brsmeas.org/
https://www.brsmeas.org/
Join us: Learn more about tools and projects on the environmentally sound disposal of #mercury containing waste under both the #Minamata and the #BaselConventions. This event is about cross-convention collaboration and resources for countries working to meet mercury waste thresholds.
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Join us: Learn more about tools and projects on the environmentally sound disposal of #mercury containing waste under both the #Minamata and the #BaselConventions. This event is about cross-convention collaboration and resources for countries working to meet mercury waste thresholds.
BRS Executive Secretary Rolph Payet, speaking at #MinamataCOP6 on the opportunities to tackle the root causes of the interlinked environmental crises of #climatechange, #biodiversity loss and #pollution.
#BRSConventions #MinamataConvention #Sustainability
#BRSConventions #MinamataConvention #Sustainability
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
BRS Executive Secretary Rolph Payet, speaking at #MinamataCOP6 on the opportunities to tackle the root causes of the interlinked environmental crises of #climatechange, #biodiversity loss and #pollution.
#BRSConventions #MinamataConvention #Sustainability
#BRSConventions #MinamataConvention #Sustainability
We are speaking later today at the #MinamataCOP6 on digital tools and legal transparency. Join us there!
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We are speaking later today at the #MinamataCOP6 on digital tools and legal transparency. Join us there!
We are proud to participate in #MinamataCOP6 on #Mercury. See the technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of waste containing mercury tinyurl.com/3tdzmpmt
#BRSConventions #ChemicalsGovernance #WasteManagement
#BRSConventions #ChemicalsGovernance #WasteManagement
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We are proud to participate in #MinamataCOP6 on #Mercury. See the technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of waste containing mercury tinyurl.com/3tdzmpmt
#BRSConventions #ChemicalsGovernance #WasteManagement
#BRSConventions #ChemicalsGovernance #WasteManagement
The #BRSConventions are at the #MinamataCOP6 Special Event "Driving effective and inclusive implementation of the Minamata Convention on #Mercury" facilitating the exchange of experiences and actions to implement the Minamata Convention.
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The #BRSConventions are at the #MinamataCOP6 Special Event "Driving effective and inclusive implementation of the Minamata Convention on #Mercury" facilitating the exchange of experiences and actions to implement the Minamata Convention.
We are at the Minamata Convention on Mercury's #MinamataCOP-6! Pop by to say hi and learn about the #BRSConventions, and how we work to protect humans health the environment.
Click here for information on the BRS Conventions and the Minamata Convention: www.brsmeas.org/MediaHub/New...
Click here for information on the BRS Conventions and the Minamata Convention: www.brsmeas.org/MediaHub/New...
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We are at the Minamata Convention on Mercury's #MinamataCOP-6! Pop by to say hi and learn about the #BRSConventions, and how we work to protect humans health the environment.
Click here for information on the BRS Conventions and the Minamata Convention: www.brsmeas.org/MediaHub/New...
Click here for information on the BRS Conventions and the Minamata Convention: www.brsmeas.org/MediaHub/New...
💬 We need to talk about persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that build up in our bodies and environment. POPs are chemicals that last forever and build up in our bodies and environment.
Let’s act now to #MakeVisibleTheInvisible 🌍✨
Let’s act now to #MakeVisibleTheInvisible 🌍✨
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
💬 We need to talk about persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that build up in our bodies and environment. POPs are chemicals that last forever and build up in our bodies and environment.
Let’s act now to #MakeVisibleTheInvisible 🌍✨
Let’s act now to #MakeVisibleTheInvisible 🌍✨
27/11 a 1500 - #MOOC: Gestión de residuos electrónicos. Regístrate aquí: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
27/11 a 1500 - #MOOC: Gestión de residuos electrónicos. Regístrate aquí: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us for a live session on 27 November 10am on the #MOOC: #E-Waste Management: Standardization and Conformity Assessment, (World Resources Forum). #WRF Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Join us for a live session on 27 November 10am on the #MOOC: #E-Waste Management: Standardization and Conformity Assessment, (World Resources Forum). #WRF Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us on 18 November at 10am to learn more about the #MOOC: Inclusive and Sustainable #E-Waste #Recycling. Register here for the session in English: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Join us on 18 November at 10am to learn more about the #MOOC: Inclusive and Sustainable #E-Waste #Recycling. Register here for the session in English: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
18/11 a 1500: #MOOC: Reciclaje inclusivo y #sostenible de residuos electrónicos. Regístrate aquí: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
18/11 a 1500: #MOOC: Reciclaje inclusivo y #sostenible de residuos electrónicos. Regístrate aquí: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Rolph Payet’s video on E-waste: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atzw...
#EWasteDay #recycling #WasteManagement #EnvironmentalPolicy #RecyclingInnovation #GreenTransition #SustainableTech #EnvironmentalGovernance #CriticalRawMaterials #GreenSkills
#EWasteDay #recycling #WasteManagement #EnvironmentalPolicy #RecyclingInnovation #GreenTransition #SustainableTech #EnvironmentalGovernance #CriticalRawMaterials #GreenSkills
October 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The final #G20 Environment & Climate Sustainability Working Group meetings are underway in Cape Town (13–15 Oct). Ministers aim to adopt a declaration on global environmental priorities from biodiversity to chemicals & oceans.
🔗 Learn more: g20.org
#BRSConventions #ClimateAction
🔗 Learn more: g20.org
#BRSConventions #ClimateAction
October 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The final #G20 Environment & Climate Sustainability Working Group meetings are underway in Cape Town (13–15 Oct). Ministers aim to adopt a declaration on global environmental priorities from biodiversity to chemicals & oceans.
🔗 Learn more: g20.org
#BRSConventions #ClimateAction
🔗 Learn more: g20.org
#BRSConventions #ClimateAction
BRS Exec Secretary in Brussels yesterday:
As Europe faces climate change & geopolitical instability, investing in pollution prevention strengthens supply chains, boosts competitiveness, and builds resilience.
#BRSConventions #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #PollutionPrevention
As Europe faces climate change & geopolitical instability, investing in pollution prevention strengthens supply chains, boosts competitiveness, and builds resilience.
#BRSConventions #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #PollutionPrevention
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
BRS Exec Secretary in Brussels yesterday:
As Europe faces climate change & geopolitical instability, investing in pollution prevention strengthens supply chains, boosts competitiveness, and builds resilience.
#BRSConventions #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #PollutionPrevention
As Europe faces climate change & geopolitical instability, investing in pollution prevention strengthens supply chains, boosts competitiveness, and builds resilience.
#BRSConventions #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #PollutionPrevention
🌱 By 2050, the world could generate over 130 million metric tonnes of e-waste every year. But our ability to manage this waste sustainably is falling behind.
👉 Learn more: www.basel.int/Implementati...
#InternationalEWasteDay #BaselConvention #EWaste #SustainableDevelopment
👉 Learn more: www.basel.int/Implementati...
#InternationalEWasteDay #BaselConvention #EWaste #SustainableDevelopment
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🌱 By 2050, the world could generate over 130 million metric tonnes of e-waste every year. But our ability to manage this waste sustainably is falling behind.
👉 Learn more: www.basel.int/Implementati...
#InternationalEWasteDay #BaselConvention #EWaste #SustainableDevelopment
👉 Learn more: www.basel.int/Implementati...
#InternationalEWasteDay #BaselConvention #EWaste #SustainableDevelopment
🌱 Together, let’s celebrate the @worldmigratorybirdday! Yet pollution remains one of the greatest threats to their survival
• Pesticides and plastics endanger bird populations
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (#POPs) travel with birds across continents, spreading risks
#WorldMigratoryBirdDay2025
• Pesticides and plastics endanger bird populations
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (#POPs) travel with birds across continents, spreading risks
#WorldMigratoryBirdDay2025
October 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🌱 Together, let’s celebrate the @worldmigratorybirdday! Yet pollution remains one of the greatest threats to their survival
• Pesticides and plastics endanger bird populations
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (#POPs) travel with birds across continents, spreading risks
#WorldMigratoryBirdDay2025
• Pesticides and plastics endanger bird populations
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (#POPs) travel with birds across continents, spreading risks
#WorldMigratoryBirdDay2025
The Global E-waste Monitor report (2024) reveals world generated 62 million tonnes of e-waste in 2022, enough to fill 1.55 million 40-tonne trucks, forming a line that could circle the entire equator!
Join us for a webinar in Spanish on what this means and how to take action: tinyurl.com/2pp9jf6u
Join us for a webinar in Spanish on what this means and how to take action: tinyurl.com/2pp9jf6u
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Global E-waste Monitor report (2024) reveals world generated 62 million tonnes of e-waste in 2022, enough to fill 1.55 million 40-tonne trucks, forming a line that could circle the entire equator!
Join us for a webinar in Spanish on what this means and how to take action: tinyurl.com/2pp9jf6u
Join us for a webinar in Spanish on what this means and how to take action: tinyurl.com/2pp9jf6u
The Global E-waste Monitor report (2024) reveals that the world generated 62 million tonnes of e-waste in 2022, enough to fill 1.55 million 40-tonne trucks, forming a line that could circle the entire equator!
Join us for a webinar on what this means and how to take action: tinyurl.com/ydsfkx3z
Join us for a webinar on what this means and how to take action: tinyurl.com/ydsfkx3z
October 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Global E-waste Monitor report (2024) reveals that the world generated 62 million tonnes of e-waste in 2022, enough to fill 1.55 million 40-tonne trucks, forming a line that could circle the entire equator!
Join us for a webinar on what this means and how to take action: tinyurl.com/ydsfkx3z
Join us for a webinar on what this means and how to take action: tinyurl.com/ydsfkx3z
We are speaking at a workshop with the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership designed to strengthen understanding of how to apply Harmonized System (HS) codes to identify Persistent Organic Pollutants & #POPs-containing products in trade flows.
📅16 Oct 11 - 1 PM CEST
Register: tinyurl.com/5ztd642h
📅16 Oct 11 - 1 PM CEST
Register: tinyurl.com/5ztd642h
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are speaking at a workshop with the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership designed to strengthen understanding of how to apply Harmonized System (HS) codes to identify Persistent Organic Pollutants & #POPs-containing products in trade flows.
📅16 Oct 11 - 1 PM CEST
Register: tinyurl.com/5ztd642h
📅16 Oct 11 - 1 PM CEST
Register: tinyurl.com/5ztd642h
Today on #WorldCottonDay, we honour one of the world’s most important natural fibers. Yet like many crops, cotton faces challenges. Hazardous chemicals are used in cultivation and textile processing can pose risks for people and the planet.
Learn more: www.pops.int/Home/tabid/1...
Learn more: www.pops.int/Home/tabid/1...
October 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today on #WorldCottonDay, we honour one of the world’s most important natural fibers. Yet like many crops, cotton faces challenges. Hazardous chemicals are used in cultivation and textile processing can pose risks for people and the planet.
Learn more: www.pops.int/Home/tabid/1...
Learn more: www.pops.int/Home/tabid/1...
This week the E-waste challenge MOOC was re-launched, with a series of five online courses, each focusing on a critical aspect of e-waste management. Find out more here! www.basel.int/Implementati...
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This week the E-waste challenge MOOC was re-launched, with a series of five online courses, each focusing on a critical aspect of e-waste management. Find out more here! www.basel.int/Implementati...
As her time as Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (#CRC) of the #RotterdamConvention ends, Noluzuko “Zukie” Gwayi shares her reflections on the achievements, challenges, and lessons learned over 8 years. Read her interview: tinyurl.com/589yzpta
#ChemicalsAndWaste #MakeVisibleTheInvisible
#ChemicalsAndWaste #MakeVisibleTheInvisible
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
As her time as Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (#CRC) of the #RotterdamConvention ends, Noluzuko “Zukie” Gwayi shares her reflections on the achievements, challenges, and lessons learned over 8 years. Read her interview: tinyurl.com/589yzpta
#ChemicalsAndWaste #MakeVisibleTheInvisible
#ChemicalsAndWaste #MakeVisibleTheInvisible
On #FoodLossAndWasteAwarenessDay 2025, we highlight an often-overlooked impact of food waste: the generation of chemicals and hazardous wastes across the agrifood system. Tackling food loss means tackling pollution too. 🍎🥖🌍
#IDAFLW #FLWDay #EveryPlateCounts #StopFoodLossWaste #ClimateAction
#IDAFLW #FLWDay #EveryPlateCounts #StopFoodLossWaste #ClimateAction
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
On #FoodLossAndWasteAwarenessDay 2025, we highlight an often-overlooked impact of food waste: the generation of chemicals and hazardous wastes across the agrifood system. Tackling food loss means tackling pollution too. 🍎🥖🌍
#IDAFLW #FLWDay #EveryPlateCounts #StopFoodLossWaste #ClimateAction
#IDAFLW #FLWDay #EveryPlateCounts #StopFoodLossWaste #ClimateAction
We have several upcoming webinars on E-Waste. Register here to join us on 7 October to learn more about critical materials, e-waste recycling and climate change
tinyurl.com/ycxkm5xy
tinyurl.com/ycxkm5xy
September 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We have several upcoming webinars on E-Waste. Register here to join us on 7 October to learn more about critical materials, e-waste recycling and climate change
tinyurl.com/ycxkm5xy
tinyurl.com/ycxkm5xy
The BRS Conventions are at Milan Fashion Week with the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion. 🌱 Our Executive Secretary Rolph Payet highlighted how sustainable fashion depends on sound chemicals and waste management. unfashionalliance.org/event/
#SustainableFashion #BaselConvention #UNFashionAlliance
#SustainableFashion #BaselConvention #UNFashionAlliance
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The BRS Conventions are at Milan Fashion Week with the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion. 🌱 Our Executive Secretary Rolph Payet highlighted how sustainable fashion depends on sound chemicals and waste management. unfashionalliance.org/event/
#SustainableFashion #BaselConvention #UNFashionAlliance
#SustainableFashion #BaselConvention #UNFashionAlliance