London Protocol
D3. Marine environmental science, pollution and conservationDefinition
1996 protocol updating the London Convention with a reverse-list approach.
The 1996 London Protocol is the modern instrument that replaces the 1972 London Convention for its parties, switching from a list of prohibited wastes to a reverse list: ocean dumping is forbidden unless the material is on a short permitted list (dredged material, sewage sludge, fish waste, inert geological matter, and a few others) and passes a waste-assessment process. It bans waste incineration at sea and provides the framework now used to govern sub-seabed CO2 storage.
Source: London Protocol (1996)