Our Basel Action Network project was so successful that in 2009, it spun off into its own non-profit.  For more BAN papers, please visit the BAN site at www.ban.org.


Basel Action Network (BAN) - Briefing Papers

BAN Briefing Paper # 1: The Basel Ban: A Triumph for Global Environmental Justice (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 2: The US Must Ratify the Entire Basel Convention (or not at all) (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 3: Annex VII Expansion? – Say 'No' to Attempts to Undo the Basel Ban (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 4:  The Basel Ban Amendment: Entry Into Force = Now! (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 5: UN Failure: IMO Ship Scrap Treaty Legalizes Toxic Ship Dumping (2008) 

BAN Briefing Paper # 6: Package Deal: Four Treaties to Fight Pollution (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 7: Hazardous Waste Recycling: No Justification for Toxic Trade (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 8: Running From Basel: How the Convention is Deliberately Undermined (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 9: The 3R Initiative: A Mask for Toxic Trade? (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 10: Preventing the Digital Dump: Ending "Re-use Abuse" (2008)

BAN Briefing Paper # 11: Building Toxic Waste Colonies: Japan’s Economic Partnership Agreement (2008)


Basel Action Network (BAN) and Earth Economics Reports  (Please note: Earth Economics was formerly known as APEX)

JPEPA as a Step in Japan's Greater Plan to Liberalize Hazardous Waste Trade in Asia (2007)

The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa (2005)

Key Findings from Taizhou Field Investigation, by BAN and Greenpeace China (2004)

Mobile Toxic Waste: Recent Findings on the Toxicity of End-of-Life Cell Phones (2004)

CRT Glass Recycling Survey Results (2004)

Needless Risk: The Bush Administration’s Scheme to Export Toxic Waste Ships to Europe (2003)

Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia (2002)

When Trade is Toxic: The WTO Threat to Public and Planetary Health (1999)

Mercury Migration: Deadly Pathways to Developing and Indigenous Communities