Marine Pollution, Shipping Waste and International Law

Gabriela Argüello received her PhD from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• TABLE OF CONTENTSAbbreviationsList of figures and tables Part I: PreliminariesChapter 1: IntroductionBackgroundA life-cycle approach to waste managementThe relevance of international law in the regulation of wastesESM and sustainable developmentTheoretical frameworkChapter 2: Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes (ESM) ESM: its rolesLegal status of ESM: from policy objective and treaty obligation to customary lawSovereignty and ESMConcluding remarks: ESM and permanent sovereignty over natural resources 3. WastesA re-examination of the legal concept of wasteShip wastesWastes subject to transboundary movements of wastesTransboundary movement of wastes and ship wastes: an analysis of Article 195 of the LOSCConcluding remarksPart II: Regulation of transboundary movements of wastes and ship wastesChapter 4: Transboundary movements of wastesFrom transboundary pollution to pollution transferThe Basel ConventionThe OECD legal framework of transboundary movements of wastesEU law and shipments of wastesConcluding remarksChapter 5: Ship-source PollutionMarine pollutionAn overview on ship-source marine pollutionMARPOLEU and ship wastesConcluding remarksPart III: The ESM of wastesChapter 6: The sea/land interface waste management dilemmaGenesis of the controversy at the international levelBlending operations on board ships: the initial controversyThe management of ship wastes on land: the current controversyThe EU and the management of ship wastes in their sea/land interfaceChapter 7: ESM and the transboundary movement of waste regime The growing importance of ESM within the Basel regimeLegal nature of the ESM obligationESM: meaning and substantive contentESM at the OECD levelESM at the EU levelConcluding RemarksChapter 8: The ESM of ship wastes: the sea/land interfaceThe ESM of ship wastes at the international levelThe ESM of ship wastes at the EU levelForthcoming regulation on port reception facilities PART IV: ConclusionsChapter 9: The management of ship wastes: the sea-land interfaceConflicts of lawChapter 10: International Law and (ship) waste managementThe integrative function of ESM: possibilities and limitationsFinal reflectionAppendix I: Management of cargo residues (MARPOL, Annex II) in the Baltic Sea areaAppendix II: Survey results concerning the collection of cargo residues (MARPOL, Annex II) in the Baltic Sea areaReferencesInternational treatiesEuropean Union LawTable of casesBibliographyInternational documentationEuropean Union documentationNational DocumentationMiscellaneous

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