Sound Management Polychlorobiphenyls Tender

Project ID
230231
Thematic Priority
Safeguarding the Environment
LocationCôte d'Ivoire
Project ManagerLamia BENABBAS
Donor
GEF - Global Environment Facility
Fund
Global Environment Facility
Gender Marker1 (Limited expected contribution to GE)
PCB are listed in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention. Production and new uses of PCB are banned and Parties must eliminate the use of PCB in equipment by 2025 and ensure the ESM of liquids containing PCB and equipment contaminated with PCB by 2028. In Côte d'Ivoire there are approximately 1,000 tons of PCBs to be eliminated. Improper handling of transformers with PCBs represents a high risk due to the possibility of releasing PCBs into the environment. Despite PCBs were used in transformers until 1990, the practice of retro-filling can cause cross contamination. In addition, recycling of transformers without control contributes to increase the release of PCB in the environment. The objective of this project is to protect human health and the environment through ESM and final disposal of PCB-containing equipment. Four interlinked pathways were chosen as pillars: (1) regulatory and institutional framework; (2) PCBs inventories; (3) ESM and final disposal of PCB-contaminated equipment; and (4) capacity building and awareness raising