The Conference of the Parties,

Aware of the challenges that national and local governments are facing with regard to the handling and disposal of household waste,

Mindful of the strategic framework for the implementation of the Basel Convention for 2012–2021 and the Cartagena Declaration on the Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes, adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its tenth meeting,