Dioxin, PCB & Waste:

The IPEN Dioxin, PCB and Waste Working Group, within its capacity and resourses, works to assure that measures addressing dioxins, PCBs and wastes are appropriately interpreted and fully incorporated into each country's Stockholm Convention Enabling Activities and Implementation Plans. Furthermore, it works and campaigns to promote policies and practices in every region and country aimed at the elimination of dioxins and PCBs; and aimed at reduction and elimination of wastes, and appropriate waste management for the residues.

Dioxin, PCB & Waste - Documents:

  Dioxin Toolkit COP4 Brief:
Dioxin Toolkit Briefing Paper
A summary & update of the toolkit process.

Position Paper
Ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases.

   BAT / BEP position paper
BAT BEP COP4 - An IPEN Perspective
Guidelines on Best Available Techniques and provisional guidance on Best Environmental Practices (BAT/BEP) An IPEN Perspective as a .pdf 167KB

  POPs Waste COP4 Brief:
  Low POPs Position Paper
Low POPs Position Paper
Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes: The �Low POPs Content� � An IPEN Perspective as a .pdf 195KB

  PCB Elimination
PCB Elimination Position Paper
PCB Elimination Club � An IPEN Perspective as a .pdf 289KB

  Open System PCB
A background paper
Open System Uses of PCBs paper.



   Update of Dioxin Emission Factors for Forest Fires, Grassland and Moor Fires, Open Burning of Agricultural Residues, Open Burning of Domestic Waste, Landfills and Dump Fires :
By Pat Costner
International POPs Elimination Network 15 November 2006
  English as a pdf 75KB


   Dioxin ToolKit Factsheet:
May 11, 2006 Czech Republic
Language: English, Russian, Spanish
Section: Dioxin, PCB & Waste Doc.
  English
  Russian
  Spanish


   Alternatives for POPs disposal (2nd edition):
Apr 20, 2005
The commercialized non-combustion technologies for POPs disposal are briefly described in this fact sheet. You can find there information on Gase Phase Chemical Reduction, Based Catalyzed Decomposition, Super-Critical Water Oxidation, Sodium Reduction and other non-combustion technologies.
  English
  Spanish
  Russian


   After Incineration, The Toxic Ash Problem
  Report in English


   HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDEs)
AND OTHER BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRs)
  Factsheet in English


   DE MINIMIS CONCENTRATIONS IN WASTE, and THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION�S �LOW POPS CONTENT�
30 September 2003
  IPEN Paper in English


   BAT/BEP Guidelines � A work in progress:
Apr 20, 2005
  BAT BEP Guidelines in Russian  Adobe .pdf 74 KB.

Dioxin, PCB & Waste - Group Members:

Leaders in Dioxin, PCB & Waste Workgroup:

   Jindrich Petrlik
jindrich.petrlik at arnika.org
Steering Committee Member + Dioxin, PCB & Waste Working Group Co-chair + Pesticide Working Group Participant

   Mahmood A. Khwaja
khwaja at sdpi.org
Steering Committee Member + Dioxin, PCB & Waste Working Group Co-chair

  Version: November 2009