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Funding support available for sound management of chemicals and waste

The French government’s new fund supports activities in support of the global chemicals conventions in developing countries, and has a deadline for project proposals of 4 October 2019.

Funding support available for sound management of chemicals and waste

POPs In the news

News articles about POPs, related chemicals and the Stockholm Convention:

Revealed: Unborn children are at risk of being 'pre-polluted' in the womb by poisonous chemicals in furniture and electrical goods

How toxic PFAS chemicals could be making their way into food from Pennsylvania farms

California Launches App for Reporting Pesticide Incidents

Spain updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention

Reflecting amendments made at COPs 6, 7, & 8, Spain has transmitted an updated National.

First online consultation for working group of the new Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership

Hot on the heels of the PWP launch in Geneva on 12 November, the first online consultation takes place on 13 November, chaired by the Co-Chairs, Mr. Ole Thomas Thommesen (Norway) and Mr. Ross Bartley (BIC).

Meeting report from the recent Stockholm Convention COP now available

The advance English version of the meeting report of the recent COP-9 meeting is now accessible.

Follow-up to recent Stockholm Convention COP decisions on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including on actions related to PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds

Parties and observers are kindly invited to respond to requests from the recent COP-19, for follow-up to the decisions taken by Parties in Geneva, in May.

Activities

Outcomes of the fifteenth meetings of the POPs Review Committee and the Chemical Review Committee

The online briefings will provide an overview of the outcomes of the fifteenth meetings of the Stockholm Convention POPs Review Committee (POPRC) and the Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee (CRC), held respectively, on 1-4 October 2019 and 8-10 October 2019, in Rome, Italy.

New BRS Press Release: Stockholm Convention POPRC experts recommend elimination of PFHxS

Perfluorohehexane sulfonic acid, its salts, and PFHxS-related compounds, were recommended for listing without exceptions as the POPRC-15 meeting in Rome concluded successfully on 4 October 2019.

Trinidad & Tobago updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention

Reflecting amendments made at COP-6, COP-7 and COP-8, Trinidad & Tobago has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan or NIP.

To rid the world of POPs, Suriname updates its plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention

The new National Implementation Plan addresses amendments made at COP-4, COP-5, COP-6 and COP-7 and is available online.

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