Draft practical guidance for the development of inventories of used lead-acid batteries

Parties to the Basel Convention are required under Article 13, paragraph 3, of the Convention to transmit each year to the Conference of the Parties a national report on information related to the measures taken towards its implementation. Undertaking inventories can be an effective way of gathering information on the generation, transboundary movements and management of hazardous and other wastes for the purpose of national reporting. Such information and others are to be submitted, through the Secretariat of the Convention, using the national reporting format.

 This guidance aims to provide practical instructions to assist Parties and others in developing an inventory of waste lead-acid batteries. It is meant to be used in conjunction with the Methodological guide for the development of inventories of hazardous wastes under the Basel Convention [1] which provides complementary guidance on the methods of developing national inventories for the preparation of national reports. Accordingly, this guidance proposes an approach for developing an inventory that is consistent with the one contained in the Methodological guide.

lead-acid batteries Inventory guidance

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