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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:

Exclusive: Maker of 'forever chemicals' cuts food packaging products

PFAS chemicals in food: Experts QA

The bowls at Chipotle and Sweetgreen are supposed to be compostable. They contain cancer-linked “forever chemicals”

New BRS project launched on plastic waste in mountainous and remote areas

International Mountains Day 2019 marked by a special event in Geneva on 11 December, coinciding with the launch of a new project to help tackle plastic pollution, funded by Norway. Read the BRS Press Release.

Guatemala updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention

Reflecting amendments made at COPs 4, 5, and 6, Guatemala has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan.

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.

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Malawi updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention

Reflecting amendments made at COPs 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Malawi has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan.

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).

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.

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