MedProgramme – Child Project 1.1 Reducing Pollution from Harmful Chemicals and Wastes in Mediterranean Hotspots and Measuring Progress to Impacts PCB disposal, Its prioritization, and capacity-building for mercury

Abstract

Child Project 1.1. deals with the disposal and prevention of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg) in the participating countries of Algeria, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lebanon, Montenegro, Morocco, and Tunisia. Output 1.1 aims to manage and dispose of 2,000 tonnes of POPs, and Output 1.2 aims to manage and safely storage of 50 tonnes of mercury wastes.

This meeting focuses on the PCB disposal strategy, including the next procurement exercises, and on capacity-building for mercury to facilitate mercury characterization studies under the MedProgramme and final disposal of mercury.

1.PCBs inventories and PCB disposal phases under the MedProgramme, including prioritization,

2.Capacity-building on Minamata Convention, mercury characterization and mercury disposal (led by CIEMAT)