BAN Toxics frequently joins international talks, including participation at the INC-4. As the deadline draws closer to finalize a global treaty, BAN Toxics continues to call for the urgent need for a high-ambition agreement that reflects global and legally binding control mechanisms, including the regulation of toxic chemicals in plastic. This treaty should prioritize substantial reductions in global plastic production and hold industrialized countries accountable for their historical contributions to polluting developing countries and the environment. BAN Toxics also calls for civil society participation in intersessional work, expressing dismay in the decision to invite only a limited number of technical experts from observer groups.
See position paper - “Push for a legally binding global treaty to combat the plastic crisis, prioritizing production reduction”
BAN Toxics is a partner in a GEF-funded project together with UNIDO and DENR to address healthcare and mercury waste entitled the “The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project”. During the event, Dr. Carmela Centeno, UNIDO’s Industrial Development Officer, highlighted that through multifaceted actions, the project aims not only to manage healthcare waste effectively but also to build a future-ready healthcare sector—a celebration of shared dedication to an environmentally secure and healthy future. This includes personal protective equipment and facemasks that are made from plastic or plastic polymers.
Allocated Budget:
USD 4,880,000 (GEF Project Grant)
USD 71,843,454 (Co-financing Total)
Implementation Duration:
5 years, launched in December 2023
Implementing Partners:
GEF Funded, UNIDO, DENR
Founded on October 11, 2006, BAN Toxics was established to respond to urgent waste issues besetting the Philippines. Part of their mission is to “prevent toxic trade in products, wastes and technologies, particularly trade from developed to developing countries in Asia through the promotion of self-sufficiency in waste management, clean production, toxics use reduction and other sustainable and equitable practices or methodologies.”
BAN Toxics frequently joins international talks, including participation at the INC-4. As the deadline draws closer to finalize a global treaty, BAN Toxics continues to call for the urgent need for a high-ambition agreement that reflects global and legally binding control mechanisms, including the regulation of toxic chemicals in plastic. This treaty should prioritize substantial reductions in global plastic production and hold industrialized countries accountable for their historical contributions to polluting developing countries and the environment. BAN Toxics also calls for civil society participation in intersessional work, expressing dismay in the decision to invite only a limited number of technical experts from observer groups.
See position paper - “Push for a legally binding global treaty to combat the plastic crisis, prioritizing production reduction”
BAN Toxics is a partner in a GEF-funded project together with UNIDO and DENR to address healthcare and mercury waste entitled the “The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project”. During the event, Dr. Carmela Centeno, UNIDO’s Industrial Development Officer, highlighted that through multifaceted actions, the project aims not only to manage healthcare waste effectively but also to build a future-ready healthcare sector—a celebration of shared dedication to an environmentally secure and healthy future. This includes personal protective equipment and facemasks that are made from plastic or plastic polymers.
Allocated Budget:
USD 4,880,000 (GEF Project Grant)
USD 71,843,454 (Co-financing Total)
Implementation Duration:
5 years, launched in December 2023
Implementing Partners:
GEF Funded, UNIDO, DENR
International Organisations and NGOs
Founded on October 11, 2006, BAN Toxics was established to respond to urgent waste issues besetting the Philippines. Part of their mission is to “prevent toxic trade in products, wastes and technologies, particularly trade from developed to developing countries in Asia through the promotion of self-sufficiency in waste management, clean production, toxics use reduction and other sustainable and equitable practices or methodologies.”
