Non Com POPs Project

BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT

 

The first project under the Global Programme is a Slovak Non-Combustion Project, which was approved in February 2006.

 

In May 2004, the GEF Council approved the Project Brief for the Philippines.  In October 2007, the project was endorsed by the GEF CEO and in November/December 2007, the project was signed by UNIDO and the Philippine Government (DENR). 

 

This specific Project in the Philippines, part of this Global Programme, will introduce and apply a non-combustion technology to destroy significant obsolete PCBs wastes and will help remove barriers to the further adoption and effective implementation of the selected technology and meet the Stockholm Convention requirements.  The National Implementation Plan (NIP) of the Stockholm Convention in the Philippines favors the application of non-combustion technologies to destroy POPs.  The project will make available all technical, economic and financial parameters of the selected technology in a comparative, open and transparent way that would facilitate and provide further incentive to the global diffusion of innovative alternative non-combustion technologies.

 

The immediate project objective is to deploy a commercially available, proven non-combustion technology to address 1,500 tonnes of PCBs-containing equipment and wastes. The currently known PCB inventories reported in the NIP of the Stockholm Convention dated January 2006 include 6,879 tonnes of PCB containing equipment and wastes comprising about 2,400 tonnes of PCBs oil.

 

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the Implementing Agency for the Project. UNIDO is well positioned to act as an effective implementer of project activities based on its comparative advantages in this area.

 

The Government of the Philippines through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has the overall responsibility for environmental management. DENR also serves as the GEF operational focal point as well as the POPs focal point. The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the DENR implements regulations on environmental impact assesment (EIA), toxic and hazardous waste management and air quality management. As such, the DENR-EMB will have the lead responsibility in coordinating with other institutions in the Philippines participating in the project and will act as the National Executing Agency (NEA).

 

Other partners are the Philippine National Oil Company-Philippine Alternative Fuel Corporation (PNOC/PAFC) as operating entity, private sectors (Meralco, National Transmission Coprporation and National Power Corporation) and public sector will be represented by the non-governmental organizations (NGOs)  (Greenpeace Philippines and Global Alliance Against Incinerator) at the national level and Environmental Health Fund (EHF) at international level.
The project will build on significant level of Civil Society involvement that has started during the preparatory phase.  The local representatives together with the private sector partners will create a strong public-private partnership supported by the local Civil Society (NGO community).

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