Projects related to POPs wastes implemented through the BCCC- Uruguay Side Event on the Basel Convention Regional Centres COP 2 – Stockholm Convention.

Projects related to POPs wastes implemented through the BCCC-

Uruguay

Side Event on the Basel Convention Regional Centres

COP 2 – Stockholm Convention1-5 May 2006

BCCC-URUGUAY

BCCC-Uruguay

• Framework Agreement - January 30th 2004 in Montevideo

Between:

Ministry of Housing, Land Planning and Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of Uruguay´s Gov.

and Secretariat of the Basel Convention on behalf of the Conference of the Parties

• Headquarter: Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU)

LATU : - infrastructure which includes laboratories, conference rooms - ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System certified by the

Swiss Association for Quality (SQS) and more than 200 tests accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service

(UKAS).

Vision of the BCCC-Uruguay

Consolidate, together with the Regional Centres, areference institution which leads the Latin American

and the Caribbean countries in the process of capacitybuilding, strengthening and specialisation, in the aimof minimising health and environmental risks in the

chemicals and hazardous waste integratedmanagement, within a framework of sustainable

development.

Principal projects

2004-2006

“Stockholm Convention Case Study” 2004

Project SSC - BCCC

Purpose:

Cost:

US$ 40,000

Outputs:

Achieve activities related to the delivering of capacity-building and transfer of technology in accordance with article 12 of the Stockholm Convention

- Practical Guideline on Environmentally Sound Management of Obsolete Pesticides in the Latin America and Caribbean countries

-Regional Workshop on Obsolete Pesticides (Venezuela)

-Regional Capacity building regarding stockpiles – life cycle approach.

Project SBC – BCCC – IDRC (Canada)

“Training of municipals technicians in sound environmental management of

hazardous wastes” 2005Main Purpose:•Train municipal technicians in the sound management of hazardous wastes in view of the local needs

Cost: US$ 97,600

Outputs: - Guide for the Integral Management of Hazardous Wastes - Internet Modality Course on Management of Hazardous Wastes (30 participants of 17 countries) - Two Classroom Course (Ecuador and Cuba,82 participants in total). - Database of 589 municipalities from 19 Latin-American countries.

Geographical Scope: Latin America

“Training of municipals technicians in sound environmental management of hazardous wastes” ( cont.)

Course contents

– Wastes Definition and Classification– Pollutants transport and liberation– Risks related to Hazardous Wastes – The International Agreements – Management of Hazardous Wastes (General Aspects, Wastes Streams,

Plans of management) – Inventories – Strategies to avoid and to minimize the generation – Conditioning, Storage and Transport – Treatment and Final Disposal / Export – Location Criteria– Management of Contaminated Sites– Special Wastes Streams / Ex. Pesticide packages, Clinical Solid wastes,

Used Lead Acid Batteries, Used oils, Used tyres, Used batteries, Scrap

“Training of municipals technicians in sound environmental management of hazardous wastes”

Follow up-2006

•New edition of the internet course ( May-July)

•Traslate the guide

•External evaluation of the project

Project BCCC – SBC-CNTL Brazil- Brazilian Ministry of the Environment

“Pilot programme for the minimization of impacts generated by hazardous wastes” 2005-2006

Cost: US$ 135,800

Purpose:

Elaborate a methodology that allow to prepare guides for the sound management of various streams of hazardous wastes with the Environmental Authority interest and the involvement of the productive sector.

Outputs

–Three guidelines with technical information on each prioritised hazardous waste current

–A guide with the methodology to study a hazardous waste stream in a productive sector

Workshops

“Assessment of Existing Capacities and Capacity Building Needs for Persistent Organic Pollutants Analysis (POPs) in Developing Countries”

Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean - Montevideo, 5-9 Sep. 2005

“Consultation to the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade” Montevideo, 21-24 November 2005

Results: - Quality criteria to analyse POPs; - Needs to analyse POPs; - Sustainability criteria to analyse POPs; - Questionnaire on capacity to analyse POPs.

Consultation about the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, with representatives of Perú, Colombia and Uruguay

67 participants – 24 countries

Next workshop“Legal aspect at a national an internationallevel for the implementation of the threeConventions”.

Coordinating Centre and UNEP Chemicals,

with the cooperation of the Swiss Government.

Eng. Marisol MalloDirector

marisol.mallo@dinama.gub.uy