Basel Action Network

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Basel Action Network

Type	Environmental justice, human rights
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, United States
Leader	Richard Gutierrez Jim Puckett
Website	Official website

The Basel Action Network (BAN), a charitable non-governmental organization, works to combat the export of toxic waste from technology and other products from industrialized societies to developing countries. BAN is based in Seattle, Washington, United States, with a partner office in the Philippines. BAN is named after the Basel Convention, a 1989 United Nations treaty designed to control and prevent the dumping of toxic wastes, particularly on developing countries. BAN serves as an unofficial watchdog and promoter of the Basel Convention and its decisions.^[1]