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Updated: 2014 Committee for Environmental Protection CLEAN-UP MANUAL 1. Introduction a) Background In 1975 the Antarctic Treaty Parties adopted Recommendation VIII-11, which contained the first agreed guidance for the appropriate management and disposal of waste generated by expeditions and stations, with a view to minimising impacts on the Antarctic environment. As awareness of the potential environmental impacts of the disposal of waste in the Antarctic region increased, in parallel with improvements in logistics and technology, the Parties identified a need for improved on-site treatment of wastes and for the removal of some wastes from the Antarctic Treaty area. Through Recommendation XV-3 (1989) the Parties adopted more stringent waste disposal and management practices, based on recommendations from a SCAR Panel of Experts on Waste Disposal in the Antarctic, with the aim of minimising impact on the Antarctic environment and minimising interference with scientific research or other legitimate uses of the Antarctic. These practices not only addressed requirements for the management of wastes associated with present and future activities, but also called for programs to clean up existing waste disposal sites and abandoned work sites, and for an inventory of locations of past activities. Many elements of Recommendation XV-3 are closely reflected in the current provisions for waste disposal and management, contained in Annex III to the Environmental Protocol, on Waste Disposal and Waste Management. The Environmental Protocol as a whole sets the context in which the provisions of Annex III should be implemented. Among other requirements Annex III provides, in Article 1.5, that: ‘Past and present waste disposal sites on land and abandoned work sites of Antarctic ac