Relevant provisions of the Basel and Stockholm Conventions Basel Convention Stockholm Convention Issues under the Stockholm Convention to be addressed cooperatively with the basel Convention Low pOP content Levels of destruction and irreversible transformation Methods that constitute environmentally sound disposal Guidance on environmenta ally sound management(ESM Basel Convention Stockholm Convention 3. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 13 Legislative and regulatory framework Waste prevention and minimization... D Identification and inventories Sampling, analysis and monitoring ..... S pling 6 analysis (a) Field tests (b) Laboratory analysis Monitoring 17 Handling, collection, packaging, labelling, transportation and storage 17 2. Collection 3. Packaging 19 Labelling Transportation 6 G Environmentally sound disposal 20 Destruction and irreversible transformation methods 234 Other disposal methods when destruction or irreversible transformation does not represent the environmentally preferable option Other disposal methods when the POP content is low 21 Remediation of contaminated sites 4pril,2005[Document Number!] ii April, 2005 II. Relevant provisions of the Basel and Stockholm Conventions ....................................... 11 A. Basel Convention ....................................................................................................... 11 B. Stockholm Convention................................................................................................ 12 III. Issues under the Stockholm Convention to be addressed cooperatively with the Basel Convention................................................................................................................. 12 A. Low POP content........................................................................................................ 12 B. Levels of destruction and irreversible transformation .................................................... 12 C. Methods that constitute environmentally sound disposal................................................ 12 IV. Guidance on environmentally sound management (ESM).............................................. 13 A. General considerations................................................................................................ 13 1. Basel Convention ....................................................................................................... 13 2. Stockholm Convention................................................................................................ 13 3. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development............................................ 13 B. Legislative and regulatory framework .......................................................................... 13 C. Waste prevention and minimization ............................................................................. 14 D. Identification and inventories...................................................................................... 14 1. Identification.............................................................................................................. 14 2. Inventories................................................................................................................. 15 E. Sampling, analysis and monitoring .............................................................................. 16 1. Sampling.................................................................................................................... 16 2. Analysis..................................................................................................................... 16 (a) Field tests................................................................................................................... 17 (b) Laboratory analysis..................................................................................................... 17 3. Monitoring................................................................................................................. 17 F. Handling, collection, packaging, labelling, transportation and storage ............................ 17 1. Handling.................................................................................................................... 18 2. Collection .................................................................................................................. 18 3. Packaging.................................................................................................................. 19 4 Labelling.................................................................................................................... 19 5. Transportation............................................................................................................ 19 6. Storage ...................................................................................................................... 20 G. Environmentally sound disposal .................................................................................. 20 1. Pretreatment............................................................................................................... 20 2. Destruction and irreversible transformation methods..................................................... 20 3. Other disposal methods when destruction or irreversible transformation does not represent the environmentally preferable option .......................................................................... 20 4. Other disposal methods when the POP content is low.................................................... 21 H. Remediation of contaminated sites............................................................................... 21