Project to phase out persistent organic pollutants
A project designed to minimise and
eliminate the production and use of persistent organic pollutants -
Polyclobyphenyls, or PCB’s - was launched in the capital city of Hanoi
on March 31.
A project designed to minimise and
eliminate the production and use of persistent organic pollutants -
Polyclobyphenyls, or PCB’s - was launched in the capital city of Hanoi
on March 31.
The project is funded by the Global Environment Fund via the World Bank and jointly carried out by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Electricity of Vietnam Group.
The project aims to help Vietnam complete a legal framework and a national action plan on the management of PCBs and improve its capacity in this field.
In line with commitment to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Vietnam pledges to phase out the use of PCBs in 2020 and conduct the safe destruction of the substance by 2028.
The country has performed a series of activities to realise the plan, including a pilot project to control PCBs in electric equipment, the application of technologies for treating waste contaminated with it, and assessing the relevant legal framework./.
The project is funded by the Global Environment Fund via the World Bank and jointly carried out by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Electricity of Vietnam Group.
The project aims to help Vietnam complete a legal framework and a national action plan on the management of PCBs and improve its capacity in this field.
In line with commitment to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Vietnam pledges to phase out the use of PCBs in 2020 and conduct the safe destruction of the substance by 2028.
The country has performed a series of activities to realise the plan, including a pilot project to control PCBs in electric equipment, the application of technologies for treating waste contaminated with it, and assessing the relevant legal framework./.
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