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OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA

OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA. Ekokem Hazardous waste management company in Finland Main activity: high temperature incineration of organic hazardous waste, > 80 000 tonnes/a Established 1979, waste treatment started 1984

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OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA

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  1. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA

  2. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA Ekokem • Hazardous waste management company in Finland • Main activity: high temperature incineration of organic hazardous waste, > 80 000 tonnes/a • Established 1979, waste treatment started 1984 • Owners: Finnish State, municipalities and industry • Until today has treated 2 million tonnes of hazwaste by several techniques • Customers in over 30 different countries worldwide since 1986

  3. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA Ethiopia • Location: Eastern Africa • Landlocked • Area: 1.1 million km2 • Elevation extremes: -125 m  4620 m, mainly highland • Population: 70 million

  4. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA • Pilot project to Africa Stockpiles Programme (ASP) • Project carried out in 2001 - 2003 • Ekokem was selected after bidding competition • Financed by the Netherlands, Sweden and USA through the FAO of the UN • 1500 tonnes from over 220 different stores all over the country • Included ~ 400 tonnes of POPs pesticides: Aldrin, Chlordane, DDT, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, HCB • Obsolete stocks accumulated over the last 40 years

  5. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA • Local project personnel, incl. 25 MoA staff, trained by Ekokem • Management and supervision of the work in the hands of 3-6 Ekokem ex-pats in co-operation with MoA staff • All the packaging materials and equipment needed in the project were imported • The pesticide wastes were shipped to Ekokem/Finland and disposed of by high temperature incineration

  6. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA • Strict Health & Safety standards were followed, e.g. • Personal protective equipment • Task based risk assessments • Paramedic available on site all the time • Cholinesterase tests • Local transportation carried out according to ADR • Waste exportation according to IMDG • Export-import licenses according to Basel Convention and EU Council Regulation No. 259/93 • High temperature incineration according to strict EU standards in Finland

  7. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA • Difficulties / challenges: • Bureaucracy, especially in the Notification procedure, customs… • Long distances, road conditions • Rain season / hot weather / altitude • Lack of suitable transport equipment • In some cases inventories incorrect • Illnesses (diarrhoea, flu, malaria) • Long duration of the project + all the difficulties  mental exhaustion of the project personnel

  8. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA • Positive experiences: • Good preparatory work done by the MoA and FAO, e.g. inventories and contractor site visit • Commitment of the MoA National Local Counterparts • Good co-operation atmosphere • Security • Local products and workforce very cheap

  9. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA • Capacity built for future operations (in Ethiopia still exist obsolete pesticides) • 25 regional local counterparts trained to supervise inventories and repackaging operations • 3 national local counterparts for managing implementation of collection, centralisation and repackaging operations, as well as Notification procedure • Trained local workers to carry out repackaging work • Practical awareness of the Notification procedure and transport regulations

  10. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA • Important in preparatory work: • Exact inventories • Contractor site visit: • Comprehensive examples of the stores, road conditions, accommodation possibilities etc. • Local counterparts  fully devoted to the project • Transportation possibilities • Collection centre(s): suggestions & locations

  11. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA Pesticide store in Dire Dawa:

  12. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA

  13. OBSOLETE PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA Pesticide store in Addis Abeba before and after:

  14. Contact information: • Website: www.ekokem.fi • E-mail: export@ekokem.fi

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