Reference Library Catalogue
This section of the Handbook contains a collection of electronic documents relating to the conventions and chemical management.
The subchapter tabs on the right provide quick access to specialised information resources and contacts.
The Fact Sheet section gives access to relevant fact sheets that can be used for education and information dissemination.
The full Library can be accessed by using the above Reference Library Catalogue.
Click on the alphabet letter that represents the subject required or scrowl down to view the complete listings in the library.
A :
2,4,5-T and its salts and esters - Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
245T_eng.pdf 301 KB
Africa Stockpiles Programme
africa stockpiles.pdf 320 KB
Aldrin
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
aldrin_eng.pdf 176 KB
Asbestos
(All forms of asbestos :) crocidolite, amosite, actinolite, anthophyllite, tremolite.
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
asbestos_eng.pdf 353 KB
POPs Assessment Report
DDT-Aldrin-Dieldrin-Endrin-Chlordane
Heptachlor-Hexachlorobenzene
Mirex-Toxaphene
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Dioxins and Furans
[POPs]
assessment report on pops.pdf 502 KB
Australian Customs Service, Export Control - Volume 12
[WAIGANI]
aust customs export vol12.pdf 893 KB
B :
Manual for the Implementation of the Basel Convention
[BASEL]
basel convention manual.pdf 129
Model National Legislation
Management of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes as well as on the Control of Transboundary Movements
[BASEL]
basel model legislation.pdf 54 KB
National Enforcement Requirements
Basel Convention
[BASEL]
basel national enforcement.pdf 82 KB
Revised Notification and Movement Documents - form
[BASEL]
basel notification_ movement forms.PDF 576 KB
Basel Convention
on The Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
Adopted by The Conference of the Plenipotentiaries on 22 March 1989
[BASEL]
basel_convention.pdf 158 KB
Preparation of Technical Guidelines
for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Subject to the Basel Convention
[BASEL]
basel_esmframewk.pdf 93 KB
Guide to the Control System (Instruction Manual)
[BASEL]
basel_instructmanual.pdf
Technical Guidelines
- Biological treatment processes (D8) and Physico-chemical treatment processes (D9).
[BASEL]
bio treatment.pdf 691 KB
Biomedical and Healthcare Wastes
Technical guidelines on environmentally sound management
Published in September 2003
[BASEL]
biomedical.pdf 701 KB
C :
Captafol
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
capfol_eng.pdf 280 KB
Basel Convention Regional and Coordinating Centres
[BASEL]
centres.pdf 1938 KB
Chemicals Subject to the PIC Procedure
[PIC]
chemical interim pic procedure.pdf 69 KB
Guidance on Chemicals Legislation
[Legislation]
chemlegislationoverview.pdf 209 KB
Chlorobenzilate
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
chlorbenzi_eng.pdf 238 KB
Chlordane
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
chlorda_eng.pdf 228 KB
Chlordimeform
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
chlordifrm_eng.pdf 177 KB
Chlorine , Combustion and Dioxins:
Does Reducing Chlorine in Wastes Decrease Dioxin Formation in Waste Incinerators?
[POPs]
chlorinecombustiondioxins.pdf 1048 KB
Citizen’s Guide to Clean Production
By Beverley Thorpe Produced for the Clean Production Network
[RESOURCE]
cleanproduction.pdf 821 KB
Code of Practice on the International Transboundary Movement of Radioactive Waste
International Atomic Energy Agency - Information Circular
[WAIGANI]
code radioative.pdf 80 KB
Community Involvement In Scheduled Waste Management
Paper - Waste 2000 Conference by Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith
[RESOURCE]
community involvement.pdf 104 KB
Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
[BASEL]
compensation liability.pdf 71 KB
Report on the Third Conference of the Parties to the Waigani Convention
8 September 2006, Noumea, New Caledonia
[WAIGANI]
wc_cop3 report.pdf 207 KB
D :
DDT
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
ddt_eng.pdf 164 KB
Dieldrin
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
dieldrin-eng.pdf 17 KB
Dinoseb and its salts and esters
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
dinoseb_eng.pdf 186 KB
DIOXIN AND FURAN INVENTORIES
National and Regional Emissions of PCDD/PCDF
[POPs]
dioxininventory.pdf 712 KB
Zero Toxics Sources of by-product POPs and their Elimination
Darryl Luscombe and Pat Costner
Greenpeace International Toxics Campaign May 2001
[POPs]
dioxinsources.pdf 139 KB
Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases
br>United Nations Environment Programme
[POPs]
dioxintoolkit.pdf 765 KB
DNOC (Dinitro-ortho-cresol)
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
dnoc_eng.pdf 274 KB
E :
EDB (Organobromide)
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
edb_eng.pdf 149 KB
Ethylene dichloride
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
edc_eng.pdf 247 KB
Reducing and Eliminating the use of Persistent Organic Pesticides
Guidance on alternative strategies for sustainable pest and vector management
[POPs]
eliminating pops in pest management.pdf 1562 KB
BASEL DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT
[BASELs]
env sound management.pdf 35 KB
Ethylene oxide
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
eto_eng.pdf 265 KB
F :
Fluoroacetamide
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
fluacetam_eng.pdf 148 KB
G :
INITIAL GUIDELINES FOR ENABLING ACTIVITIES FOR THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
[POPs]
gef enabling activities.pdf 131 KB
H :
The Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes Conventions
[INTER-LINKAGES]
hazardous chemicals and waste conventions.pdf 412 KB
Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes containing or contaminated with unintentionally produced polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
[POPs]
tg_pop.pdf 92 KB
HCH (mixed isomers)
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
hch_eng.pdf 157 KB
Heptachlor
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
heptachl_eng.pdf 238 KB
Hexachlorobenzene
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC] [POPs]
hexachl_eng.pdf 187 KB
BASEL CONVENTION
TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON WASTES COLLECTED FROM HOUSEHOLDS
[BASEL]
household waste (2).pdf KB
I :
Guidelines for the Identification of PCBs and Materials Containing PCBs
[POPs]
identificationpcbs.pdf 290 KB
METHODOLOGICAL GUIDE FOR THE UNDERTAKING OF NATIONAL INVENTORIES OF HAZARDOUS WASTES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BASEL CONVENTION
[BASEL]
inventory preparation.pdf 1828 KB
J :
K :
L :
BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON INCINERATION ON LAND
[BASEL]
land incineration.pdf 931 KB
BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON SPECIALLY ENGINEERED LANDFILL
[BASEL]
landfill.pdf 877 KB
Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management ofWaste Lead-acid Batteries
[BASEL]
lead acid batteries.pdf 2368 KB
Partnership on the Environmentally Sound Management of Electrical and Electronic Wastes for the Asia-Pacific Region
[BASEL]
leaflet asia ewaste.pdf 499 KB
The Basel Convention's Activities on E-Waste
[BASEL]
leaflet ewaste.pdf 504 KB
Illegal Traffic Under The Basel Convention
[BASEL]
leaflet illegal traffic.pdf 764 KB
Lindane
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC] [POPs]
lindane_eng.pdf 254 KB
London Convention
CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY DUMPING OF WASTES AND OTHER MATTER, 1972
[RESOURCE]
london convention.pdf 92 KB
London Convention 1996 PROTOCOL
TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY DUMPING OF WASTES AND OTHER MATTER, 1972 AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SPECIAL MEETING
[RESOURCE]
londonprotocol96.pdf 102 KB
M :
Management of Persistant Organic Pollutants in Pacific Island Countries
[POPs]
management of pops in pacific.pdf 788 KB
Preparation of a National Environmentally Sound Management Plan for PCBs and PCB-Contaminated Equipment
Training Manual
[POPs] [BASEL]
management plan pcb.pdf 5657 KB
PACIFIC ISLANDS HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL MARINE POLLUTION CONVENTIONS
(Consolidated texts of the main marine pollution conventions of the World and the region)
[RESOURCE]
marconvhandbook.pdf 507 KB
Preparation of National Health-Care Waste Management Plans in Sub-Saharan Countries
Guidance Manual
[BASEL]
medical waste ssa.pdf 1140 KB
Medical Waste Treatment Strategies and Technologies:
A Basic Overview for Developing Countries By Glenn McRae
[RESOURCE]
medical waste treatment.pdf 84 KB
Mercury compounds
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
mercury_eng.pdf 283 KB
Methamidophos
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
methamid_eng.pdf 209 KB
Methyl parathion (emulsifiable concentrates at or above 19.5% active ingredient and dusts at or above 1.5% active ingredient).
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
metpara_eng.pdf 248 KB
Basel Convention
Model National Legislation
[BASEL]
model national legislation.pdf 100 KB
Monocrotophos
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
monocr_eng.pdf 235 KB
Guidelines for municipal solid waste management planning in small island developing states in the Pacific region.– Apia, Samoa : SPREP, 1999.
[WAIGANI]
municipalwaste_sis.pdf 661 KB
N :
Nairobi ministerial declaration on the environmentally sound management of electronic and electrical waste
[BASEL]
nairobi declaration.pdf 123 KB
Preparing a National Profile to Assess the National Infrastructure for Management of Chemicals
[POPs]
national profile.pdf 619 KB
O :
WASTE OILS FROM PETROLEUM ORIGINS AND SOURCES (Y8)
[PIC]
oil waste.pdf 70 KB
P :
Pacific Island Countries Case Study
[Inter-linkages]
pacific case.pdf 1090 KB
Parathion (ISO)
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
parat_eng_amended.pdf 377 KB
Polybrominated Biphenyls
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
pbb_eng.pdf 101 KB
Updated technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
[POPs]
pcb_tg.pdf 86 KB
PCB Inventory Form
Inventory of PCB-Containing Equipment
[POPs]
pcb containing equipment.pdf 647 KB
PCB TRANSFORMERS AND CAPACITORS :FROM MANAGEMENT TO RECLASSIFICATION
[POPs]
pcb transformers.pdf 363 KB
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
pcb_eng.pdf 107 KB
Polychlorinated Terphenyls
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
pct_eng.pdf 98 KB
Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
pentachloph_eng.pd 208 KB
Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), mirex or toxaphene or with HCB as an industrial chemical
[POPs]
pesticides_tg.pdf 229 KB
Guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life mobile phones
[BASEL]
phone initiative.pdf 603 KB
Phosphamidon
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
phosph_eng.pdf 218 KB
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REGULATORY ACTION TO BAN OR SEVERELY RESTRICT A CHEMICAL
[PIC]
pic chemnotification.pdf 132 KB
FORM FOR IMPORTING COUNTRY RESPONSE
[PIC]
pic impforme.pdf 76 KB
FORM
FOR NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REGULATORY ACTION TO BAN OR SEVERELY RESTRICT A CHEMICAL
[PIC]
pic notforme.pdf 84 KB
Introduction to the Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulation Report Form
[PIC]
pic shpfen.pdf 86 KB
PIC PROCEEDINGS
Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
[PIC]
pic workshop report.pdf 1138 KB
Technical guidelines for the identification and environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and for their disposal
[PIC]
plastic wastes.pdf 685 KB
Sildeshow by John Buccini - POPs
[POPs]
pop buccini.pdf 44 KB
PROCEEDINGS
Subregional workshop on Chemicals Policy and Legislation with the Special Emphasis on the Reduction and Elimination of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
[POPs]
pop legislationworkshop.pdf 4596 KB
GEF ENABLING ACTIVITIES OUTLINE OF A PROPOSAL UNDER EXPEDITED PROCEDURES - SAMPLE WITH INDICATIVE ENTRIES
[POPs]
pop nip gef sample.pdf 81 KB
Inventory of Information Sources on Chemicals Inventory of Information Sources on Chemicals Persistent Organic Pollutants
[POPs]
popinfosources.pdf 527 KB
Quick Guide to POPRC Candidates
[POPs]
poprc glance.pdf 91KB
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Resource Kit
United Nations Development Programme Global Environment Facility
[POPs]
popskit.pdf 563 KB
A CASE STUDY OF PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION
Dr. P. Brotherton
[RESOURCE]
problem solving.pdf 155 KB
Q :
R :
Guidance Document on Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes destined for Recovery Operations
[PIC]
recovery operations.pdf 1101 KB
Regional & National
Approaches in Asia and the Pacific
Inter-linkages
[Inter-linkages]
regional.pdf 518 KB
S :
Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of the full and partial dismantling of ships
[PIC]
ship dismantling.pdf 3057 KB
Technical Guidelines on Hazardous Waste from the Production and Use of Organic Solvents (Y6)
[PIC]
solvent.pdf 892 KB
SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY
Entry into Force: 11 December 1986
[Waigani]
south pacific nuclear free zone treaty.pdf 85 KB
Rotterdam Convention and the Steps to Ratification
[PIC]
steps_eng.pdf 1124 KB
Supplementary report on cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
[Inter-linkages]
synergy2cop3.pdf 332 KB
Report of the ad hoc joint working group on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions on the work of its first meeting
[Inter-linkages]
synergy ahjwg1.pdf 105 KB
UNEP Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention and Synergies with others Related Agreements
[Inter-linkages][POPs]
synergy in africa.pdf 449 KB
T :
Tris (2,3-Dibromopropyl) Phosphate
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
tdp_eng.pdf 104 KB
Updated general technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
[POPS]
tech pops.pdf 752 KB
Exporting Harm
The High-Tech Trashing of Asia
[BASEL]
technotrash.pdf 1662 KB
Glossary of Terms,
Negotiations at the Basel Convention
[BASEL]
terms.pdf 72 KB
CHEMICAL CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW - TETRAETHYL LEAD AND TETRAMETHYL LEAD
[PIC]
tetrae tetrame_eng.pdf 88 KB
Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases
[POPs]
toolkit2005_2_1_eng.pdf 1300 KB
STANDARDIZED TOOLKIT FOR IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF DIOXIN AND FURAN RELEASES,2nd Edition, February 2005
IPEN Factsheet
[POPs]
toolkit fact sheet.pdf 230 KB
Toxaphene
- Decision Guidance Documents
[PIC]
toxaphen_eng.pdf 234 KB
Volume A
DESTRUCTION AND DECONTAMINATION TECHNOLOGIES FRO PCBs AND OTHER POPs WASTES UNDER THE BASEL CONVENTION
A Training Manual for Hazardous Waste Project Managers
[BASEL]
training pcb pops a.pdf 1934 KB
Volume B
[BASEL]
training pcb pops b.pdf 3743 KB
U :
Inter-Linkages
Synergies and Coordination between Multilateral Environmental Agreements
[Inter-Linkages]
unu synergy.pdf 583 KB
BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF USED TYRES
[BASEL]
used tyres.pdf 1294 KB
V :
W :
Rubbish is a Resource!
A Waste Resource Kit for the Pacific Islands
[WAIGANI]
waigani pacific wastekitbooklr.pdf 826 KB
Management of wastes in small island developing States
[WAIGANI]
waste in sis.pdf 87 KB
BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON USED OIL RE-REFINING OR OTHER RE-USES OF PREVIOUSLY USED OIL
[BASEL]
waste oil.pdf 636 KB
Subregional Workshop on Support for the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Bangkok, Thailand
[POPs]
workshop implementation pops.pdf 6432 KB
X :
Y :
Z :
consultation