Meeting of the small intersessional working group on technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants as wastes

Online from 27 to 28 April 2026

Highlights: The objective of the meeting is to advance the work on the updating of technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants as wastes, in accordance with decision BC-17/3. The meeting participants include representatives of the SIWG. The objective of the meeting is to advance the work on the preparation of draft updated technical guidelines on the ESM of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, taking into account the discussions at the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and comments received from Parties and observers.

Organizer: Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

Working language: English only

Meeting documents

Working documents

 
Document symbolTitleEnglish
Items: 7  
UNEP/CHW/POP-SIWG.8/1Provisional agenda206.21 K 157.21 K
UNEP/CHW/POP-SIWG.8/2General technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants435.83 K 1.14 MB
UNEP/CHW/POP-SIWG.8/3Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with short-chain chlorinated paraffins or medium-chain chlorinated paraffins295.31 K 844.83 K
UNEP/CHW/POP-SIWG.8/4Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds, and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, or long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), their salts and related compounds707.52 K 984.42 K
UNEP/CHW/POP-SIWG.8/5Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, beta hexachlorocyclohexane, chlordane, chlordecone, chlorpyrifos, dicofol, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene, lindane, methoxychlor, mirex, pentachlorobenzene, pentachlorophenol and its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride, technical endosulfan and its related isomers or toxaphene or with hexachlorobenzene as an industrial chemical935.74 K 1.01 MB
UNEP/CHW/POP-SIWG.8/6Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexabromocyclododecane285.91 K 627.21 K
UNEP/CHW/POP-SIWG.8/7Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls, polychlorinated naphthalenes or polybrominated biphenyls including hexabromobiphenyl297.29 K 555.63 K