Pops Mercury Free Tender

GEF Project ID
10682
Country
Paraguay
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Approval FY
2022
Status
Project Approved
Region
Latin America and Caribbean
Executing Agencies
Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay - LATU); Centre for Environmental and Social Studies (Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Sociales - CEAMSO); Research for Development (Investigación para el Desarrollo - ID)
GEF Period
GEF - 7
Project Type
Full-size Project
Focal Areas
Chemicals and Waste
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund
To transform the linear, wasteful solid waste management sector in Paraguay into an environmentally sound and sustainable model by restricting the type of products imported, promoting awareness, segregating and managing hazardous POPs and mercury-containing fractions in an environmentally sound way.