POPs IN AFRICA HAZARDOUS WASTE TRADE 1980 - 2000 ... - Arte

One of the systems is proposed for Sicily and the other probably
in Tunisia. The proposal states that the system could take
“industrial wastes from abroad, carried by tankers and container
transport ships.” 225
Scheme: Taurus pesticides
Date: March, 1992
Type of Waste: Expired pesticides
Source: Germany
Exporter: Taurus Umweltschutz
Pretext/fate: Further use ?
Status: Stopped
In March, 1992, Greenpeace detected and blocked a warehouse
full of partly rotten barrels containing pesticides from old East
German production, in total 180 tonnes, among them mercury
and highly chlorinated substances. These pesticides were no
longer in use in Germany, some of them were banned, most of
them were expired and many barrels were rusting and leaking.
They had been hidden by the broker company Taurus
Umweltschutz to be exported “to Egypt or maybe Tunisia”, said
Taurus manager, Ulrich Frommherz. Taurus had pocketed the
disposal fees and, by exporting the waste pesticides, had hoped to
get around the disposal costs.
The authorities seized the barrels and had them incinerated. 226
More on Taurus: Egypt Section of this report.
Obsolete Pesticides: In Tunisia there are altogether 882 tonnes of obsolete pesticides
stored in at least 20 different locations. 227
See also above Scheme: Taurus pesticides
UGANDA
BASEL LOMÉ IV / COTONOU BAMAKO
Party Party/signatory
Obsolete Pesticides: In Uganda there were 254 tonnes of obsolete pesticides, of which
90 tonnes were removed and disposed of. 228
225Greenpeace Italy.
226 Relevant documents on file with Greenpeace Germany
227 FAO 1999
228 FAO 1999, 2001
A total of 50 tonnes of Dieldrin were removed from Uganda in
1993. Agencies involved in disposal were the Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Capital
114