Analysis On The Basel Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes

Starting with the tragedy happened in Guiyu, a small town of China; the paper firstly introduces the disaster brought about by hazardous wastes movement from developed countries to developing countries, in order to transfer the environment pressure as well as to save administration expenses, which has attracted concerns of the international society since 1990s. Among others, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes is recognized as most typical, which has been modified a lot as to meet the necessities of the development. The existence of Guiyu express the imperfection, among which, to totally ban the movement of hazardous wastes, even for the purpose of recycling has raised a lot of disputes.The Basel Ban was granted with the intension to realize a idealized target which avoids developing countries form the hazardous wastes infringements by totally banning all kinds of movement. In practice, the Basel Ban is far from success and even failed to become valid. The author takes the storage battery recycling industry in Philippine as an example, to express the benefits of this kind of industry from the economic view. In addition, the recycling industry meets the requirements of sustainable development. What we should focus on is to ensure the health protection of operators and to maintain the good-quality of environment. It is not practical to administrate certain economic activity relying on mental regulations. Worse still, the total banning may not solve problems exist at present, but even leads to other potential risks.It is necessary to make good use of the concept of Epistemic Communities, since only the epistemic recognition leads to a epistemic policy. It is required to solve the movement of hazardous wastes both globally and domestically, both technically and economically. The exteriorization must be avoided in order to realize a healthy development. In the end, the author also draws attention to the domestic situation of hazardous wastes pollution and requires strengthening legislation and management of hazardous wastes and developing relevant technology and regulations, in order to realize the target of minimization. It is required to provide financial and technical supports at the very beginning to realize the least production of hazardous wastes and minimization of their harms. The next step is to make good use of governments'influence and the market's guidance. By doing this, it is expected to realize the maximization of recycling.