Basel Action Network (BAN)

About us

Basel Action Network (BAN) is a trusted expert, compassionate advocate, and global partner for environmental justice.
Mission
BAN’s mission is to champion global environmental health and justice by ending toxic trade, catalyzing a toxics-free future, and campaigning for everyone’s right to a clean environment.
Why Basel?
BAN’s namesake is the 1989 United Nations Basel Convention, which restricts the trade of hazardous waste between more developed countries and less developed countries.
BAN currently tackles three toxic waste streams covered by the Basel Convention:
Electronic waste (e-waste), the fastest growing waste stream globally
End-of-life ships, like the cargo ships that carry our goods
Plastic pollution
We prevent pollution dumping on the world’s poorest residents.