- Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
- Waste & Recycling
- The Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes
The Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes
“The Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes” is an informal network among the Competent Authorities to the Basel Convention in Asia, which aims at facilitating exchange and dissemination of information on transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and assisting countries in implementing the Basel Convention under each country's system, The Network also provides useful information that can contribute to capacity building of the participating countries for control on import and export and environmentally sound management of hazardous waste and other waste.
The establishment of the Asian Network was proposed by the Government of Japan, in 2003 and since then activities under the Network has been led by Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ).This web site has been developed by MOEJ as a tools to promote information exchange for the prevention of illegal transboundary movements of hazardous wastes.