The Basel and Stockholm Conventions Regional Centre for the Caribbean (BCRC-SCRC Caribbean), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS Secretariat), and with funding from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), has successfully completed the pilot testing of its Plastic Waste Education Initiative
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The Basel Convention – Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for the Caribbean (BCRC-SCRC Caribbean) successfully hosted its 11th Annual Steering Committee Meeting on Wednesday January 28, 2026. The Steering Committee is a vital governance body comprised of national focal points from fifteen (15) Contracting Caribbean Parties to the Basel Convention. This meeting sought to: Provide strategic
read moreOn December 27th, 2023, the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) received an X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) device from the Ministry of Planning and Development. This device was procured through the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) under the GEF 5558 project “‘Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
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The Beetham Landfill is a non-engineered municipal waste disposal site situated at the edge of a Ramsar Mangrove Wetlands, specifically the Caroni Swamp Nature Reserve in Trinidad. Leachate and litter together with wastewater from Port of Spain pollute the Caroni Swamp. On December 02, 2021, a consortium led by the Basel Convention Regional Centre for
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Programme entitled “Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island States (ISLANDS)” will support entry of thirty-three (33) SIDS in the Caribbean, Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean into a safe chemical development pathway. The global programme seeks to address the sound management of chemicals and waste through: Strengthening the
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The GEF ISLANDS Programme is one of the largest investments made by the GEF Waste and Chemicals Focal Area and consists of seven (7) Child Projects, three (3) of which will take place in the Caribbean. The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean) is currently the executing agency
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) programme entitled “Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island States (ISLANDS)” will support the entry of thirty-three (33) SIDS in the Caribbean, Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, into a safe chemical development pathway. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is implementing a child project under this programme with GEF ID 10472 in three (3)
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The Follow-up Partnership to the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) launched a call for project proposals in December 2020 to implement on-the-ground solutions developed by PACE for combatting the rising levels of e-waste. In addition to computing equipment, the Follow-up Partnership to PACE also seeks to ensure the environmentally sound management of mobile
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The Source Separation and Collection Pilot Project for Saint Lucia is part of the wider regional project GEF 5558: Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Eight (8) Caribbean Countries. This regional initiative aims to result in the reduction of emissions of Unintentionally produced POPs (UPOPs) in five
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