Pesticides POPs waste from Inventory to Elimination Part 1

Stockholm Convention Regional training workshop on PCBs and POPs wastes Kingston 2- 5 February 2009 John Vijgen IHPA Environmental Sound Management: Training Tool

EMTK

Slide ESM approach applied in Romania practical case

Slide Structural Approach

Slide Pre-inventory: we do not know anything

ƒ Stakeholder analysis: who owns pesticides?

ƒ Exercise

Slide Who owns pesticides?

ƒ National Committee with main stakeholders

ƒ Problems can be ”unexpected owners”: ƒ Health Sectors: such as Hospitals, institutes etc with stocks ƒ Old deserted plantations ƒ Old Dump sites ƒ Railways ƒ Customs ƒ Ministries of Defence ƒ Research Departments ƒ Laboratories

Slide Inventory

ƒ Locations and owners known

ƒ Standard Approach

ƒ Use of Standard Formats for Inventory (FAO): ƒ Site plan ƒ Store Plan ƒ Risk Analysis

Slide Site plan Store Plan Risk Analysis

Slide Inventory: Forgotten DDT store of former hospital.

Now behind new hospital huge DDT store: more than 40 years old

Slide Inventory: Further details

ƒ Outside Store: burials or

ƒ No store: only burials

Slide Drilling profile at 1.5 m depth bgl: pure DDT

Slide Inside Store:

ƒ Pesticide Form ƒ Contaminated Building Material ƒ Contaminated Equipment ƒ Contaminated Soil (+around + below store) ƒ etc

Slide Reverse side

Slide Contaminated equipment

Slide Label Reading: Classification Personal Protection Equipment See: Training Tool

FAO Slide Training Tool: Guideline I, Module d: on Health & Safety + References to Guidelines

Slide Practical Aspects: Sampling

Slide Practical Aspects: GPS + digital cameras + recharging batteries

Slide Prioritization of sites

Set risk factors for each site ƒ Risk factor for Pesticides (Fp) based on: ƒ Toxicity of pesticide ƒ Likelihood of exposure (condition of containers) ƒ Quantity ƒ Risk factor for Environment (Fe) based on questionnaire: ƒ Condition of the store (e.g. walls and roof) ƒ Location of the store (e.g. near water course, habitation) ƒ Management of the store (e.g. what’s stored)

Slide Risk Matrix 100%

HIGH PESTICIDE CRITICAL SITES RISK ONLY

HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PRIORITY SITES

Fp* - risk factor of the pesticide normalised RISK ONLY

0% Slide 0% Fe - environmental risk factor 100% 200

Moldova example Drăguşenii-Noi Fundul Galbenei Bujor Site Prioritization through a Graphic Approach Paşcani Lăpuşna Pervomaiscoe Boghiceni Bujor Stolniceni Logăneşti Logăneşti Bobeica 100 Drăguşenii-Noi Fundul Galbenei Mer eş-Agro Mer eş-Agro Cărpineni Paşcani Sofia Sofia From Low Negropomvit Sofia to High Negropomvit Fărlădeni Buţeni Negropomvit Secăreni Crasnoarmeiscoie Bobeica Oneşti Stolniceni C-Morii Leuşeni Minjir Ranking ofRanking sites according to F(in) Buţeni Minjir Lăpuşna Sărata-galbenă Cărpineni Carac ui 0 Boghiceni Mereş-Agro Oneşti Slide SRL Victoter-Agro 0,0Ranking of sites according to F(env) 30,0 60,0 Logăneşti Crasnoarmeiscoie Sărata-galbenă Logăneşti Pervomaiscoe Fărlădeni Leuşeni SRL Victoter-Agro Caracui Sofia Mereş-Agro Negropomvit C-Morii Secăreni