The Basel Waste Solutions Circle is a global initiative to promote the protection of human health and livelihood through the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes worldwide.

Launched by the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal in 2009, the Circle kicked off a global membership drive on 21 January 2014 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Basel Convention. The Basel Waste Solutions Circle is composed of members who demonstrably contribute in a concrete manner to the implementation of the Basel Convention.

Membership to the Circle is open to governments, intergovernmental organizations, public interest and civil society groups at all levels, professional organizations, industrial organizations, academic institutions, private enterprises, communities and individuals that implement an activity recognized under the Circle. The 2015 Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention will recognize those admitted to the Circle during 2014.

The Conference will honour the best activities in each of three categories:

• Successful projects and initiatives that demonstrate a direct impact on human health and/or the environment on the ground through the environmentally sound management of wastes;
• Successful projects and initiatives that demonstrate a concrete change of behaviour of target groups in relation to the environmentally sound management of wastes;
• Financial support or successful mobilization of resources for activities that achieve the environmentally sound management of wastes.

For more information, visit www.basel.int/bwsc or email michael.jones@brsmeas.org