ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF
OBSOLETE POPS PESTICIDES AND OTHER POPS WASTES IN CHINA
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR SUBCONTRACT ON CURRENT STATUS
INVESTIGATION ON OBSOLETE POPs PESTICIDES AND FEASIBILITY
STUDY OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT OF OBSOLETE POPs PESTICIDES
1. BACKGROUND
The risks from the storage of obsolete pesticide products containing persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) are a major problem in China. The obsolete POPs pesticides are currently in dangerous
storage conditions such as outdoor storage and simple enclosure, leaking from rusted containers,
contaminating ground water and soils and poisoning human health and the environment. The
absence of adequate capacity and infrastructure for the Environmental Sound Management
(ESM)and disposal of the above POPs wastes in China poses significant risks and consequences to
human health and the environment. Current practices dominated by incineration without
consideration of the SC requirements under the national hazardous waste program for POPs waste
disposal are likely to generate secondary pollution such as dioxin and furan formation and release.
In addition, it is estimated that fly ash containing a high level of dioxin from incineration of
hazardous wastes and medical waste amounts to 11,000 tons per annum. According to the current
regulations, these solid wastes should be disposed to landfill following stabilization, or
irreversibly destructed and transformed into environmentally harmless substances. Limited by site,
technology and concept, solid waste incineration plants commonly adopt storage or simple landfill
disposal of hazardous thereby increasing the potential POPs pollution risk to water resources.
The project will enable Environmentally sound management (ESM) and disposal of accumulated
POPs pesticide wastes and other POPs related wastes in fulfilment of China’s commitment to the
national implementation of the Stockholm Convention (SC) and the National Strategy for
Hazardous Waste.
At present, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) and United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO) are developing and formulating the project document. The
preparatory and development works include the following three aspects:
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Investigation on current status of obsolete POPs pesticides and feasibility study of
special management for obsolete POPs pesticide based on the requirement of
environmental sound management;
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Investigation on current status of dioxins rich fly ash, application feasibility of
Qualitative Environmental Risk Assessement(QERA) and technologies feasibility study
for POPs waste
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Feasibility study and proposal on Stakeholder and public-private partnerships on POPs
waste management
This Terms of Reference is proposed for the sub-contract focusing on Investigation on current
status of obsolete POPs pesticides and feasibility study of special management of obsolete POPs
pesticide concerning the requirement of
international conventions.;
environmental sound management and related
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2. GOAL
The goal of the sub-contract is aimed at carrying out multi-tasks investigation as follows: 1.
updating inventory data of Obsolete POPs Pesticide (OPP) and establishment of archives for all
the sites, including type,nature, magnitude and geographic dispersion of obsolete POPs pesticide,
site photo; 2.the policy demand study for OPP Environmental Sound Management(ESM) and
disposal, and mechanism to guarantee the project implementation, including assessement the
existing policy and legislations with regards to the general management and disposal of pesticide
and fly ash; 3. Necessity and feasibility study on unified disposal of OPP in national wide.
3. DUTIES AND CORRESPONDING ACTIVITIES
Activity 1
Activity 2
Updating inventory data of OPP and establishment of archives for all the
sites where the quantity of OPP is over 50 tons.Carry out a survey by means
of site visit where obsolete POPs pesticide are stored, desk studies in association
with counterparts at local administration level, sampling and analysis of some
source and ecosystem receptors for obtaining inventory data on nature, type,
package description, site description with photos, magnitude, and geographic
dispersion of stockpiled POPs pesticide waste.
Carry out analysis and assess POPs waste management policies, laws, regulations
and standards regarding to POPs wastes identification, labeling, package, handling,
temporary storage, transportation and disposal; propose corresponding plan in
regarding to the weakness existed in current legislation framework for POPs waste
management and the requirement of Environmental sound management.
Activity 3
The policy demand for OPP Environmental Sound Management(ESM)
and disposal, and mechanism to guarantee the project implementation, it
should be concerned through follows aspects as: proposal on necessary
policy framework,guaranting mechanism,project implementation
model,disposal fee assigned under the basis of respective responsibility
and proposal on solution
Activity 4
Necessity and feasibility study on unified disposal of OPP in national wide, in
respect with necessity study，the following points should be concerned: features
of OPP, disposal technology, management and project support, incorporating with
the National Program for hazardous and medical waste disposal facilities
construction(2003); in regarding to the feasibility study, which should cover points
as existing national policy, geographic distribution of OPP, available disposal
technologies, local management capacity, management requirement, project
support and etc.
Activity 5
Provide assistance to the drafter of Project Document(PD) during whole phase of
PD development and feedback to the comments and questions on the PD raised by
international organization.
4. OUTPUTS
Survey report, assessment, reviews and feasibility study and other documents on inventories,
current status of management and disposal technologies and special management of obsolete POPs
pesticide in China should address at least but not limited to the following issues. All the required
outputs documents shall be provided both in English and Chinese version.
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Report on updating inventory data of OPP and establishment of archives for all the sites
where the quantity of OPP is over 50 tons
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Assessment report on the current status of legislation system and management and disposal
technologies for obsolete POPs pesticide in China;
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Study on the policy demand for OPP ESM and disposal, and mechanism to guarantee the
project implementation
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Necessity and feasibility study on unified disposal of OPP in national wide
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Provide assistance to the drafter of PD during whole phase of PD development and feedback
to the comments and questions on the PD raised by international organization
5. SUB-CONTRACT DURATION
1st August 2008-31st December 2008
6. SCHEDULE OF SUBMISSION
The draft of all required documents should be pre-submitted to Foreign Economic Cooperation
Office of Ministry of Environmental Protection(FECO-MEP) not later than
31stAugusty,2008.The finalized documents after further improvement should be formally
submitted to FECO-MEP at 31st December 2008.
7. PROCUREMENT METHOD
Request for proposal shall be employed in the modality of limited national competition
8. QUALIFICATION
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Possessing experience in POPs wastes management ; familiar with laws, regulation and
standards on POPs wastes management
Possessing working expertise and experiences in POPs wastes management;
Familiar with the requirements of Stockholm Convention;
Good command of English that enables to communicate with foreign partners and submit
reports in both Chinese and English.