Basel Convention

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

Status of Ratification/Accession/Acceptance/Approval:	07.04.1993 (a)
Ratification/Acceptance of the Amendment to the Basel Convention:	26.08.2002

Competent Authority	Focal Point
Permanent Secretary Vice President’s Office P.O. Box 5380, Dar–Es-Salaam tel: [phone] fax: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]	Director of Environment Division of Environment P.O. Box 5380, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania tel: [phone] fax [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

National Definition

In the absence of a national definition of waste and hazardous wastes, Tanzania uses the Basel Convention’s definition on Hazardous Wastes for transboundary movement of Hazardous Wastes. Tanzania does not regulate/ control any additional wastes as hazardous that are not included in Art. 1 (1)a of the Basel Convention and would be controlled for the purpose of transboundary movements pursuant to Art. (1)b. In Tanzania there are no wastes other than those pursuant to Art. 1 (1)a and/or Art. 1 (1)b of the Basel Convention that require special consideration when subjected to transboundary movement.

Data* on the Generation and Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes** and Other Wastes*** in 2000 (as reported)

		Quantities (in metric tonnes)
Generation	Total amount of hazardous wastesgenerated	No data
	Total amount of other wastesgenerated	No data
Transboundary Movement	Total amount of hazardous wastesand other wastesexported	No data
	Total amount of hazardous wastesand other wastesimported	No import

* Figures are rounded to the nearest integer.

** Covers wastes under Art. 1 (1)a (Annex I: Y1-Y45) and Art. 1 (1)b.

*** Covers wastes under (Annex II: Y46-Y47).

Restrictions on Transboundary Movement	Amendment to the Basel Convention The Parliament has ratified the amendment to the Basel Convention (Decision III/1) on 22^nd April 2002.
	Restrictions on export for final disposal and for recovery Tanzania has no restrictions on the export of hazardous wastes and other wastes for final disposal and for recovery.
	Restrictions on import for final disposal and for recovery Tanzania restricts the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes for final disposal and for recovery. To initiate the work on the preparation of the national legislation, some background activities such as institutions framework study etc. are being undertaken. No import is allowed according to the Bamako Convention, to which Tanzania is a Party.
	Restrictions on transit Tanzania has no restrictions on the transit of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

Reduction and/or Elimination of Hazardous Waste Generation	National strategies/policies Adoption of Sustainable Industrial Development Policy (1997); and Advocating the cleaner production technique.
	Measures taken by industries/waste generators Some industries have adopted the cleaner production technology.

Transboundary Movement Reduction Measures	National strategies/policies National Environmental Policy (1997); and Sustainable Industrial Development Policy (1997).
	Legislation, regulations and guidelines In preparation. However, there are sectoral legislations which need to be updated.
	Economic instruments/ initiatives In preparation.
	Measures taken by industries/waste generators Some industries apply cleaner production techniques to reduce waste generation.

Disposal/ Recovery Facilities

Ministry of Health is responsible for disposal of hospital waste by incineration. There are no sanitary landfills. Uncontrolled dump sites are used. Efforts to upgrade them are considered through “Sustainable City Programme”. The programme covers 9 Municipal cities of Tanzania. Construction of Municipal sanitary landfills is in the pipeline. There are no recovery facilities in the country.

Bilateral, Multilateral or Regional Agreements

None.

Technical Assistance and Training Available

The available sources are: Chemical and process, Engineering Department, University of Dar-Es-Salaam, P.O. Box 35131 Dar-Es-Salaam; Department of Environmental, Engineering, University, College of lands and Architectural studies, P.O. Box 35175 Dar-Es-Salaam; and Cleaner Production Centre of Tanzania, Dar-Es-Salaam.

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