Alternatives to Practices that Use or Generate POPs;
  Country Situation Reports for Contribution to NIP Processes;
  DDT;
  Health and Ecosystem Impacts;
  Indigenous Peoples and POPs;
  Inventories and Data Collection;
  Monitoring and Assessment;
  New POPs;
  Obsolete Pesticides;
  POPs Hotspots;
  Policy and Legislation;
  Public Information, Education, Capacity-building and Awareness-raising;
  Pesticides, Agriculture and Integrated Pest Management;
  PCBs;
  Unintentionally Produced POPs (dioxins, furans, HCB, PCBs;
  Waste Management and POPs;
  Youth;



Waste Management and POPs:




Albania
  • Sharra dumpsite and awareness-raising campaign on POPs in wastes in Albania


  • 1ALB   Sharra Dump in Albania  .pdf 535KB

    Environmental Center for Development, Education and Networking Center (EDEN Center)


    Argentina

  • Opportunities for moving toward non-incineration medical waste treatment in Latin America


  • 4ARG   MedWaste in Latin America English Summary  .pdf 361

    ARG_4 Spanish MedWaste in Latin America.pdf

    Health Care Without Harm Latin America and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives


    Argentina

  • Global day of action on POPs in Argentina


  • 7ARG   Citizen Anti Incin Letter Spanish  .pdf 34KB

    7ARG   Citizen Anti Incineration Coalition GDA English  .pdf 329KB

    7ARG   Citizen GDA Press  .pdf 70KB

    Acción por la Biodiversidad and Citizen´s Anti-Incineration Coalition


    Argentina

  • Global day of action on POPs in Argentina


  • 8ARG   CETAAR Argentina GDA English  .pdf 329KB

    Centro de Estudios sobre Tecnologías Apropiadas de la Argentina (CETAAR)


    Armenia

  • Global day of action on POPs in Armenia: no incinerators in Armenia


  • 4ARM   Armenia Women GDA English  .pdf 330KB

    Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE)


    Armenia

  • Environmentally sound waste management


  • 7ARM   Enviro Sound Waste Mgt in Armenia  .pdf 438KB

    Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE)


    Bangladesh

  • Country situation report on POPs in Bangladesh


  • 1BGD   Bangladesh Country Situation Report  .pdf 543KB

    Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)


    Bangladesh

  • Assess and identify the POPs hotspots in Bangladesh


  • 2BGD   POPs Hotspots in Bangladesh  .pdf 386KB

    Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)


    Belarus

  • Cement kilns and POPs


  • 7BYE   Cement Kilns in Belarus  .pdf 358KB

    Foundation for Realization of Ideas (FRI)


    Bulgaria

  • Raise public awareness about POPs destruction in Bulgaria


  • 1BUL   Bulgaria National Haz Waste Treatment English  .pdf 1,210KB

    1BUL   Leaflet_on_NHWC Bulgarian  .pdf 460KB

    Za Zemiata/For the Earth


    Bulgaria

  • Zero Waste Awareness-raising


  • 8BUL   Zero Waste Case Study in Bulgaria   .pdf 638KB

    Romani Baht Foundation


    Colombia


    Czech Republic

  • POPs pesticides and hazardous waste incineration in the Czech Republic


  • 2CEH   Czech Haz Waste Incin and POPs  .pdf 412KB Policy Brief:

    2CEH   POPs Pesticides in Czech Republic  .pdf 889KB

    Czech Ecological Society


    Czech Republic

  • Country situation report, Toxic Free Future public awareness raising campaign, and POPs disposal investigation


  • 3CEH   Czech Country Situation Report  .pdf 2,366KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic

  • Expert team activities on POPs in wastes


  • 14CEH   Case Study HCB Unintentional Production  .pdf 989KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic
  • PBDEs in the Czech Republic


  • 17CEH   PBDEs in the Czech Republic  .pdf 736KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic
  • Zero waste as Best Environmental Practice for waste management in CEE Countries


  • 19CEH   Zero Waste as BEP in CEE Countries  .pdf 1,226KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic
  • Milovice and Lysa nad Labem: two POPs hotspots in Central Bohemia


  • 20CEH   IPEP_Lysa_Milovice  .pdf 1,887KB

    Civic Association Lysin and Arnika Association


    Czech Republic
  • Municipal waste incinerator in Liberec - important POPs source


  • 21CEH   Liberec Municipal Waste Incin in Czech Rep  .pdf 1,141KB

    Arnika Association and Lidi pro Liberec (People for Liberec)


    Egypt

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


  • 5EGY   Egypt_eggsreport   .pdf 358KB

    Day Hospital for Development and Rehabilitation


    Hungary

  • Zero waste as a Best Environmental Practice to address POPs issues created by waste incineration and/or landfilling of waste: a case study in Hungary


  • 1HUN   Zero Waste Case Study in Hungary   .pdf 511KB

    HuMuSz


    India

  • Campaign and awareness building on POPs elimination and participation in developing the National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on POPs in India


  • 2IND   POPs Awareness Raising in West Bengal   .pdf 356KB

    Society for Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action (DISHA)


    India

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs: identification of a POPs hotspot in Lucknow


  • 3IND   Lucknow_eggsreport   .pdf 347KB

    Toxics Link


    India

  • Global day of action on POPs in India


  • 5IND   India Toxics Link GDA Report   .pdf 456KB

    Toxics Link


    India

  • Case study of Zero Waste Kovalam: a progressive waste management program with a focus on the best available technology options and material substitution


  • 7IND   Zero Waste Kovalam   .pdf 610KB

    Thanal


    India

  • Case study of Zero Waste Kovalam: a progressive waste management program with a focus on the best available technology options and material substitution


  • 7IND   Zero Waste Kovalam   .pdf 610KB

    Thanal


    India

  • Training and creating awareness among junk dealers about POPs present or created in their premises and to understand the importance of minimizing POPs


  • 8IND   Junkdealers and POPs   .pdf 350KB

    Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group


    Indonesia

  • Policy brief on zero waste: a proposal for a POPs-free alternative to managing municipal discards in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines


  • 2INS   Zero Waste in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines   .pdf 671KB

    Balifokus (Indonesia), Consumers' Association of Penang (Malaysia), Ecological Waste Coalition (Philippines) and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (Philippines)


    Kazakhstan
  • PCB contamination of the Eastern-Kazakhstan region: monitoring and inventories of PCB sources; ways to address the problem


  • 3KAZ PCB Contamination in East Kazakhstan   .pdf 379KB

    Greenwomen


    Kenya

  • A study on waste incineration activities in Nairobi that release dioxins and furans into the environment


  • 4KEN   Kenya Waste Burning and Incineration   .pdf 676KB

    Environmental Liaison Education and Action for Development (ENVILEAD)


    Kenya

  • Contamination of chicken eggs near the Dandora dumpsite in Kenya by dioxins, PCBs and hexachlorobenzene


  • 5KEN   Kenya_eggsreport   .pdf 483KB

    Environmental Liaison Education and Action for Development (ENVILEAD)


    Kenya

  • Global day of action on POPs in Kenya


  • 6KEN   Kenya Global Day of Action Report   .pdf 376KB

    PSR-Kenya, CEAG Africa and iLima-Kenya


    Lebanon

  • National POPs campaign in Lebanon


  • 3LEB   National POPs Campaign in Lebanon   .pdf 733KB

    AMWAJ


    Lebanon

  • Burning dump POPs hotspot


  • 5LEB   Lebanon Hotspot Garbage Mountain   .pdf 383KB

    Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement et du Patrimoine (APEP) Lebanon hotspot: Garbage Mountain


    Malaysia

  • Report on persistent organic pollutants in Malaysia and efforts to raise consumer awareness and action to protect public health and the environment


  • Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP)

    2MAL   Malaysia Broga Incinerator Project   .pdf 362KB

    2MAL   Malaysia Country Situation Report   .pdf 457KB


    Malaysia

  • Public awareness-raising on incineration using film: ALICE LIVES HERE - documentation and popularization of a community struggle against the Broga Municipal Waste Incinerator Project


  • Broga Documentary Group

    3MAL   POPs Awareness and Film in Malaysia   .pdf 346KB


    Mauritania

  • Strategy proposal for the identification and control of devices containing PCBs in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Case study in Nouakchott


  • 1MAU   Strategy for PCBs Mauritania French   .pdf 2,037KB

    1MAU   Strategy for PCBs Mauritania   .pdf 432KB

    Agir pour une Gestion Rationnelle pour l'Environnement en Mauritanie (AGREEM)


    Mexico

  • Citizen's Guide to the Stockholm Convention


  • 2MEX   Citizen's Guide Final English Summary   .pdf 358KB

      citizensguide_ebook_english

      citizensguide_ebook_spanish

    Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México(RAPAM)


    Mexico

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico


  • 5MEX   Mexico_eggsreport   .pdf 835KB

    Organización y Desarrollo Social and Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM)


    Mexico

  • Inventories of unintentional POPs (U-POPs) in Latin America: a comparative study


  • 7MEX   Estimating Dioxin Releases English   .pdf 474KB

    Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM) and Owltree Consulting


    Mexico

  • Mexican Isthmus: generation of and contamination by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)


  • 8MEX   Mexican Isthmus and POPs   .pdf 345KB

    Ambiente y Bienestar Humano and Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM)


    Moldova

  • Waste incineration and handling in Moldova


  • 8MOL   Waste Incineration and Handling in Moldova   .pdf 422KB

    Chisinau Territorial Organization of the Environmental Movement of Moldova


    Nepal

  • Production of IEC material on POPs and its dissemination through interaction programs


  • 5NEP   Production of IEC Material in Nepal   .pdf 410KB>

    Center for Public Health and Environment Development (CEPHED)


    Nepal

  • Public information and awareness-raising on unintentionally produced POPs from medical waste


  • 8NEP   Public awareness on UPOPs in Nepal   .pdf 348KB

    Pesticide Watch Group and Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists


    Nepal

  • Medical waste and POPs


  • 10NEP   Med Waste and POPs in Nepal   .pdf 346KB

    Center for Public Health and Environment Development (CEPHED)


    Nigeria
  • Assessment of the Lagos Lagoon for POPs sources, types and impacts


  • 4NIR   Lagos Lagoon and POPs   .pdf 794KB

    Friends of the Environment (FOTE)


    Pakistan

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


  • 3PAK   Pakistan_eggsreport   .pdf 599KB

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)


    Pakistan

  • Global day of action on POPs in Pakistan


  • 4PAK   GDA in Pakistan   .pdf 398KB

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)


    Philippines

  • Global week of action on POPs in the Philippines


  • 5PHI   Philippines Global Week of Action   .pdf 337KB

    Ecowaste Coalition


    Philippines

  • Participatory action research in support of a community struggle against an incineration facility for health care waste


  • 6PHI   Capacity Build Healthcare Waste Incineration   .pdf 349KB

    Cavite Green Coalition and the Institute for Educational and Ecological Alternatives


    Philippines

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs in chicken eggs


  • 10PHI   Philippines_eggsreport   .pdf 646KB

    Cavite Green Coalition, Ecowaste Coalition, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives and the Health Care Without Harm


    Philippines

  • Ecological waste management demonstration project at the 23rd Southeast Asian Games to prevent and reduce wasting, dumping and burning


  • 12PHI   Eco Waste Management at SEAG   .pdf 353KB

    Ecowaste Coalition in cooperation with the Ayala Foundation, Cavite Green Coalition, Concerned Citizens Against Pollution, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Mother Earth Foundation, Smokey Mountain Community, Soroptimist International of Makati City, and Zero Waste Philippines


    Romania

  • Health care waste incineration in Romania

    2ROM   Healthcare waste incin in Romania   .pdf 467KB

    Environmental Experts Association (EEA)


  • Romania

  • Constanta medical waste incinerator

    3ROM   Constanta Med Waste Incinerator   .pdf 466KB

    Mare Nostrum


  • Russia

  • Enhancement of public participation in decision-making on reduction of POPs environmental releases


  • 34RUS   Public Participation in POPs Decision Making   .pdf 345KB

    Volgograd Ecopress


    Senegal

  • Contamination of chicken eggs near the Mbeubeuss dumpsite by dioxins, PCBs and hexachlorobenzene


  • 5SEN   Senegal_eggsreport   .pdf 698KB

    Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa


    Senegal

  • The waste management issue in Senegal: outlining solutions to the waste incineration in Thies


  • 6SEN   Waste Management in Senegal French   .pdf 734KB

    6SEN   Waste Management in Senegal   .pdf 422KB

    Association pour la Défense de l'Environnement et des Consommateurs (ADEC)


    Slovakia

  • Košice municipal waste incinerator: a POPs hotspot in Slovakia


  • 1SLO   Kosice Municipal Waste Incinerator   .pdf 659KB

    Priatelia Zeme - SPZ (Friends of the Earth Slovakia)


    Slovakia

  • Policy brief on environment impact assessment of the regional recovery and destruction centre for hazardous waste in the Western Slovakia region


  • 3SLO   Hazardous Waste Incin and POPs in Slovakia   .pdf 646KB

    Priatelia Zeme - SPZ (Friends of the Earth Slovakia) and Arnika - Toxics and Waste Programme br>

    Slovakia

  • The RSTO hazardous waste landfill: a POPs waste hotspot


  • 4SLO   RSTO Landfill in Slovakia   .pdf 431KB

    Priatelia Zeme - SPZ (Friends of the Earth Slovakia)


    South Africa

  • Global day of action on POPs in South Africa


  • 2SAF   GDA in South Africa   .pdf 350KB

    groundWork




    South Africa

  • Global day of action on POPs in South Africa


  • 3SAF   GDA in South Africa   .pdf 31KB

    Earthlife Africa (ELA)


    South Africa

  • Incineration and POPs releases in South Africa


  • 4SAF   Incineration and POPs Release in South Africa   .pdf 631KB

    groundWork


    Thailand

  • Dioxin hotspot report - case study of municipal waste incinerators in Phuket and Samui


  • 3THA   Mun Waste Incinerators in Thailand   .pdf 427KB

    Campaign for Alternative Industry Network and Greenpeace Southeast Asia


    Turkey

  • Egg sampling for POPs: Contamination of chicken eggs near the hazardous waste incinerator in Izmit, Turkey by dioxins, PCBs and hexachlorobenzene


  • 3TUR   GDA in Turkey   .pdf 329KB

    Bumerang, Arnika - Toxics and Waste Programme, and Greenpeace Mediterranean


    Uruguay

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs in Uruguay


  • 1URU   Uruguay_eggsreport   .pdf 425KB

    1URU   Uruguay_eggsreportSPANISH   .pdf 1,044KB

    Red de Acción en Plaguicidas para América Latina (RAP-AL) and REDES-Amigos de la Tierra








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