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GTZ Activities of

Management and Disposal of POPs

Chemicals and Obsolete Pesticides

by

Wolfgang Schimpf

Convention Project Chemical Safety

Brainstorming meeting on environmental and

other factors needed for evaluating and managing risks posed by pesticides

United Nations Environment ProgrammeGeneva

1 – 3 July 2009

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Head Office staff 1,044 1,150

Seconded experts 1,189 1,391

Project personnel in

Germany441 545

National personnel 9,231 9,913

Integrated experts* (CIM) 789 767

A German Government–owned, non-profit company for international cooperation for sustainable development:

Present in more than 130 countries

Ongoing projects 2,628

GTZ staffs (total) 13,000

National staffs 10,000

Staffs at head quarter 1,300

Yearly turnover 1,224 mio. Euro

Over 30 years experiences

Who is the GTZ ?


GTZ's Concept and Core Competence

Priority Areas Combating Structural Poverty

Education and youth

Energy, transport and infrastructure management

Development-oriented emergency and transitional aid

Health and social protection

Governance

Rural development and management of natural resources

Sustainable economic development

Environment, climate and biodiversity

Water


Political Background of the ChS Project

Agenda 21, Chapter 19- deals with environmentally sound management of toxic

chemicals

Rotterdam Convention (PIC-Convention)- governs the traffic of toxic chemicals worldwide and enables

countries to ban their import

Stockholm Convention (POPs-Convention)- requires member states to ban the production and use of

particularly hazardous substances or to reduce their release

into the environment

Basel Convention (BC)- controls transboundary movements of

hazardous wastes and their disposal


GTZ – ChS Project Activities

Commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Economic

Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Co-ordinated with the Federal Ministry for the Environment,

Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Support for developing countries in implementing international chemical conventions (PIC / POPs Conventions, Basel Convention)

Participation in international negotiations (COPs, SAICM, IFCS etc.)

Support and execution for analytical surveys, risk assessments of hazardous chemicals and support for environmental studies (e.g. DDT-Study)

Disposal of obsolete chemicals (POPs, obsolete pesticides)

Pilot measures and tests (e.g. emission monitoring and incineration tests)

Chemical Management Guide (safe handling of chemicals in SME)


disposal storage

tradeuse

production transport

Life cycles of chemicals

Chemical Management Training

Chemical Management

Chemical Risk Management

Disposal of HazardousChemicals

Prevention Measures



Chemical Management

Basics of hazardous chemicals /

pesticides

Classification of hazardous chemicals

GHS – Labelling of hazardous chemicals

Safe storage of hazardous chemicals

& treatment of spills and leaking

containers

Safe transportation of hazardous

chemicals

Work safety, hygiene & safety

protection

Target groups:

- Pesticide dealers

- Farmer organizations

- Government agencies



Chemical Risk Management

Risk analysis

Risk evaluation

Risk management

Hazards communication

Hazards evaluation techniques

Pre-disaster preparation

Safety protection

Target groups:

- Pesticide dealers


- Fire brigade, police,

customs

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Disposal of Hazardous Chemicals

Conduct inventories and analytical

surveys

Safeguard (obsolete) pesticides

Plan and execute disposal

techniques

Conduct test trails & emission

monitoring programmes

Target groups:

- Pesticide dealers


- Fire brigade, police,

customs

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Analytical Surveys and Risk Assessment

Organize, manage and execute analytical

surveys and risk assessments of

POPs chemicals and obsolete pesticides,

e.g. in Tanzania , Gambia, Thailand,

Macedonia, Pakistan, India, Philippines,

Nepal etc.

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Pilot Measures and Test Trials

Organize and manage test trials and test burns during co-processing

(incineration) of waste in cement kilns and disposal facilities in

emerging countries,

e.g. Tanzania, India and Philippines

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Training of Emission Monitoring in Combustion Plants

Sustainable emission monitoring in combustion plants of the Indonesian cement industry

(of potential pesticide disposal facilities)

Train air quality laboratory staffs at

ITB in Indonesia in stack gas analysis

Procure equipments and analytical

instruments for sampling/monitoring

stack gases (esp. dioxins / furans)

Improve technical guidelines for air

quality control in Indonesia

Completed

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Test Trails in India

Test trail for performance assessment of a local high temperature

incinerator (HTI) for POPs chemicals disposal in co-operation with

relevant government agencies / pollution control board

Identify a qualified local HTI

Prepare test protocol and Environment

Management Plan (EMP)

Construct a pre-treatment facility

Implement safety measures

Execute test trail (1 blanc and 3 runs)

Monitor stack gas emissions through an analytical

laboratory (dioxins and furans)

Monitor other gaseous and dust emissions and

relevant parameters (incl. chemical analysis)

Evaluate the test burn results

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DDT Disposal in Tanzania

Organize and execute disposal

activities in emerging countries,

e.g. in Tanzania.

Dispose 106 tons of (80 t) DDT dust

and (26 t of) associated wastes /2008

Completed

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Dieldrin Disposal in India

Capacity development for an environmentally sound

management of POPs Chemicals in India

Dispose dieldrin stocks

Safeguard benzene hexachloride (BCH)

Train local staffs of relevant

government organizations

to improve the management

system

Monitor and dispose POPs

chemicals

In progress...

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Dieldrin Disposal in India

Capacity development for an environmentally sound

management of POPs Chemicals in India

Train local staffs of relevant government organisations to

improve the management system

Monitor and dispose

obsolete pesticides

In progress…

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Pesticide Disposal in Nepal

Plan a combined project for pesticide disposal and capacity

building in Nepal:

Currently ca. 73 tons obsolete pesticides and 43 cylinders with methyl

bromide are stored in 23 pesticides stores.

Step 1 – Disposal operation

Collect and dispose up to 100 tons obsolete pesticides

Repack and transport to Europe for final disposal

Eliminate a HTI in an environmentally sound way

Step 2 – Capacity building

Train relevant government and semi-government agencies as well private

institutions in

Chemical management and

Sound handling of pesticides and other

POPs chemicals (PCBs)

In planning

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Management of Obsolete Pesticides in China (1)

Supporting relevant privincial and central

agriculture institutions (ICAMA) to adopt

environmentally sound methods for the

management and disposal of obsolete pesticides

and pesticide containers:

Methods for the identification of obsolete pesticide

stocks (inventory, risk analysis & evaluation).

Determine technical methods for pesticide disposal.

Implementation of a collection chain for empty

pesticide containers and their disposal

Improvement of pesticide production

(quality labelling and packaging)

Improvement of national and provincial policies /

laws for pesticide disposal.

In progress…

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Container Management in China (2)

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Disposal Chain: Step 1

Farmer

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Intermediate

Storage

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Pre-

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Return of the empty containers to Collecting Points


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Raw - Mill

Aluminum

glass

Calcinator Rotary Kiln

Plastics

~ 20 °C ~ 900 °C

> 1,600 °C

Main Burner

(coal dust)

Liquids:

wash water

solvents containing

(liquid) pesticides

Material Flow Container MaterialDust:

powdery

pesticides

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Capacity Building in China (4)

Chemical management

Chemical risk management

Disposal of hazardous chemicals

Prevention measures

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Training of Pesticide Dealers in China (5)

Train pesticide dealers in pilot

provinces in

Basic chemical management

Safe application of pesticides

Safety aspects / work safety and

Collection and disposal of

empty pesticide containers

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Thank you

for your attention

Convention Project Chemical Safety

Wolfgang Schimpf

Eschborn/Germany

Email: [email protected]

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