As environmental standards have risen, the Basel Convention has been repeatedly amended. It lists over 50 types of hazardous waste for which cross-border movements are controlled, and by coordination with the World Customs Organization, new tariff schedule codes have been defined to more effectively control international movements of hazardous waste.
隨著環保標準提高，巴塞爾公約也一再增修，除了表列出五十多項管制越境的有害廢棄物，還與世界海關組織協調，增訂國際貨物碼，以有效管制毒物在國際間的流通情形，這方面我國也將隨時跟進。