The Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP) has been established under the Basel Convention in its decision BC-14/13 to mobilise business, government, academic and civil society resources, interests and expertise to improve and promote the environmentally sound management (ESM) of plastic waste at the global, regional and national levels and to prevent and minimize its generation.
The goal of the PWP is to improve and promote the ESM of plastic waste at the global, regional and national levels and to prevent and minimize its generation so as to, among other things, reduce significantly and in the long-term eliminate the discharge of plastic waste and microplastics into the environment, in particular the marine environment.
The PWP Group will facilitate the operation of the working group of the PWP in agreement with the terms of reference adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its fourteenth meeting. Its intended members are the members of the Plastic Waste Partnership.
The objective of the Plastic Waste Partnership Group is to facilitate communication and collaboration among its members.
Any entity that is not currently a Party or an observer to the Basel Convention and wishes to be admitted as a member of the Plastic Waste Partnership can apply for observer status to the Basel Convention in accordance with the relevant procedure and be admitted as such. Once admitted as an observer, the entity can then apply for PWP membership.