Development of the inventories
of the new POPs: methodology
By:
Jacqueline Alvarez
Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention
Modified by:
Carmela Centeno
UNIDO
OBJECTIVES OF POPS INVENTORIES
• Basis for prioritization, action plan development &
management strategies.
• Assessment of the current country situation
• It provide a basis for the reporting obligations.
• Identify information gaps
• Need for further financial or technical support.
Know where to find relevant information!
• NIPs Guidance package
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General Guidance Documents
Supporting documents
Resources available
Webinars
• Inventory Guidance Documents
NIPs package: http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/NIPs/Guidance/
tabid/2882/Default.aspx
General guidance
Guidance for
developing a NIP
Review-Update
Guidance for
action plan
costing
Guidance for socioeconomic
assessments *
REVISED
* No changes
NEW
NIPs package: http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/NIPs/Guidance/
tabid/2882/Default.aspx
General guidance
Inventories
Action plan development
Guidance for
developing a NIP
Review-Update
Guidance for
action plan
costing
Guidance for socioeconomic
assessments *
Labelling of
products and articles
PFOS
inventory guidance
PBDEs
inventory guidance
REVISED
* No changes
NEW
Supporting documents
Guidance for BAT/BEP
for production & use
of PFOS
Guidance for BAT/BEP
for recycling & waste
disposal of articles
containing PBDEs
Guidance for the control
of the import and
export of POPs
Guidance for
strengthening the
regulatory framework
to enable regular
monitoring products
and articles that may
contain new POPs
Additional Resources
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Resources already available
General
Step-by-step companion guide to the review and updating of the
National Implementation Plans – 2011
Lessons learned and good practices in the development of national
implementation plans for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants
Thematic, e.g. PCB
Guidelines for the identification of PCBs and materials
containing PCBs
UNEP Chemicals
PCB Inventory Form
UNEP Chemicals
PCBs Elimination Network (PEN) magazine
SSC
Resources already available
BAT/BEP for Annex C chemicals
Toolkit for quantification of dioxin and furan releases
Waste disposal of POPs (Basel Convention)
Under revision by SIWG
WEBINARS ON NIP UPDATING
http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/Technical
Assistance/Webinars/tabid/1529/Default.aspx
Types of webinars
(in English/Spanish/French)
Lindane in pharmaceutical uses
Coordinating mechanisms
BDES inventory
PFOS inventory
New POPs pesticides inventory
BDEs BAT and BEP
PFOS BAT and BEP
Priority setting
Import control
Regulatory framework
Labeling
For more information visit us at:
WWW.POPS.INT
Step 1: Planning of the inventory
3.1.1: Establish a
national inventory
team
3.1.2: Identify key
stakeholders
3.1.3: Define
inventory objectives
and scope
* might require revisits
3.1.4: Develop the
work plan for the
national inventory
Step 2: Choosing data collection methodologies
Tiered approach
Step 3: Collecting and compiling data from sectors
Industry sector
Consumer
market
Fire-fighting foams, pesticides
and aviation hydraulic fluids
Step 4: Managing and evaluating data
Step 5: Preparing an inventory report
Wastes, stockpiles
and contaminated
sites
STRUCTURE OF THE INVENTORY GUIDANCE
DOCUMENTS
STEPS TO CONDUCT A POP-PBDE INVENTORY
Step 1: Planning the inventory
Establish national
inventory team
Identify key
stakeholders
Define inventory
scope
Develop the
work plan
Step 2: Choosing data collection methodologies
Tiered approach
Step 3: Collecting and compiling data from key sectors
EEE in use, stocks, in
recycling and waste
Transport sector and
end-of-life vehicles
Other uses (e.g. furniture,
mattresses, textiles)
Contaminated sites
Step 4: Managing and evaluating the data
Step 5: Preparing the inventory report
STEPS TO CONDUCT A PFOS INVENTORY
Step 1: Planning of the inventory
Establish national
inventory team
Identify key
stakeholders
Define inventory
objectives/scope
Develop work plan
national Inventory
Step 2: Choosing data collection methodologies
Tiered approach
Step 3: Collecting and compiling data from sectors
Industry
sector
Consumer
market
Fire-fighting foams, pesticides
and aviation hydraulic fluids
Step 4: Managing and evaluating data
Step 5: Preparing an inventory report
Wastes, stock piles
Contaminated sites
IDENTIFICATION/CONTROL OF NEW POPS IN
THE LIFE CYCLE STAGES AND ROLE OF
STAKEHOLDERS
PARTY/
COUNTRY
Production and use phase
Import
• Gov.
• Custom
Waste Management
Trade & Sales
Production
- chemical
- product
- articles
• Government
Use
• MoI; MoE
• Factory insp.
•NGOs
•Citizen
•Government
• CA Market
Surveillance
Re-use
•NGOs
•Citizen
Export
End-of-Life Articles/Stockpiles
• Government
• MoE, MoI
• Factory inspection
Recycling
• Government
• MoE; MoI
• Local inspection
Thermal
treatments
•Government
•Factory insp.
Landfill
•Government
•Factory insp.
Sewage Sludge/ Biosolids
Multiple Sources
•Government
•Agricultural ministry
Multiple Sources
• Gov.
• Custom
Step 1 – Planning of the Inventory
1. National inventory team: e.g. National EPA, Food Agency
and Customs w/project leader in EPA (The National focal
point)
2. Identification of key stakeholders
• Tools:
– National registers/phone books
– Web search
– Interviews, e-mails,
• Strategy for contact in this stage could be:
– Preliminary consultations with larger stakeholders
– Stakeholder group meetings for key focal areas
Step 1 – Planning of the Inventory
3. Objectives and scope:
Aviation
hydraulic
fluids
Textiles and
furnitures
Import/export
articles and
chemicals
Fire-fighting
foams
Waste
Contaminated
sites
Stockpiles
Examples of
focal sectors
Step 1 – Planning of the Inventory
4. Workplan: Example w/ sub project on XXX sector
Responsible:
Identified Experts/
Consultants
Identified Experts/
Consultants
National
inventory
team (NIT)
Identified
Experts/
Consultants
together w NIT
Stage 4
Stage 2-4
• Preliminary
survey
• Data collection
and compilation
w
questionnaires
• More in-depth
analysis
Data
management
and reporting
5 months
1 month
• Preliminary survey
• Identification of
scope
• Workplan
2 months
•Initial assessment
in targeted areas
•Stakeholders
identified
•STAKEHOLDER
MEETING)
6 months
Stage 1: Planning
STEP 2 – CHOOSING METHODOLOGY FOR DATA
COLLECTION
Resources
(including.
Outputs/results
(TIERED APPROACH)
technical)
Desk study,
consultations with
stakeholders,
information from
customs
Overview of focal sectors/
Definition of scope
Complexity of inventory
TIER I
Initial
Assessment
STEP 2 – CHOOSING METHODOLOGY FOR DATA
COLLECTION
Resources
(including.
Outputs/results
(TIERED APPROACH)
technical)
Site visits, sampling
and analysis,
Quantifications/Screening:
Detailed understanding of
problems in key sectors
Data collection from
identified
stakeholders
Quantification; Scale of
problems in key sectors /
data gaps
Desk study,
consultations with
stakeholders,
information from
customs
Overview of focal sectors/
Definition of scope
Complexity of inventory
TIER I
Initial
Assessment
TIER II
Preliminary
inventory
TIER III
In depth
inventory
Step 3 – Collecting and compiling data from sectors
Methodology for data collection
The inventory needs to investigate:
- Production in the country
-Industries using chemicals
- Products and articles
- Professional users
- Waste fraction /stockpiles /contaminated sites
Focal sectors to investigate
Legal framework: exists?
Step 4 – Managing and evaluating the data
Data management
Templates
Examples
Mechanism for evaluating the inventory
To identify
– gaps and limitations and measures needed to complete the inventory
– if the obligations under the SC are fulfilled and the necessary actions needed
to fulfill them
– the need of notification to the registers of acceptable purposes and specific
exemptions under the Convention
•
The evaluation will be the basis for updating the NIP and development of an Action
Plan for the POP
•
Gaps, limitations and necessary actions will be valuable information in the NIP, and
can be necessary for applying for funds
Evaluation and validation of inventories
 The collected data can be evaluated and validated by presenting it to
national stakeholders and experts and possibly at international platforms
(e.g. regional workshops) for getting feedback.
 Assessment of inventories by external review of the data.
 Plausibility considerations: For several of the newly listed POPs total
historic production volumes and and/or current production volumes are
known. The developed inventories can be compared against these numbers
for a plausibility check.
 Measured data from own monitoring effort or information from other
monitoring studies can be used for validation purpose.
 Material and substance flow analysis: MFA/SFA can help to validate
inventories developed for the newly listed POPs along their life cycle.
 Also comparison with inventories of other countries can contribute to the
evaluation and validation process.
Step 5 – Preparing an inventory report
The essential elements of the report:
•Objectives and scope
•Description of data methodology used and how data were gathered
•Final results of the inventory in each sector considered a priority for
that country (using a format to be provided in the guidelines, as such or
adapted from that format)
•Results of the gap-analysis and limitations identified for completion of
the inventory
•Further actions (e.g. stakeholder involvement, data collection
strategies) to be taken to complete the inventory and recommendations.
Other information (e.g. stakeholder list), depending on the national
requirements, could be included in the report.
DECISION
TREES