“On May 10, after two weeks of meetings between the Conference of Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in Geneva, 180 governments adopted the Norwegian proposal to amend the Basel Convention. As a result, mixed plastic wastes have been moved from the “green” list to the regime of the “amber” list. Outside or within the European Union (EU), exports of plastic waste that are not perfectly sorted, recyclable and contaminated will be subject to prior consent from exporting and importing countries as of Jan. 1, 2021. “
https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/fead-responds-basel-trade-rules-plastic-waste-2019/