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

million francs in exchange for the wastes. 53
Obsolete Pesticides: In the Central African Republic there are altogether 238 tonnes of
obsolete pesticides stored in 3 different locations. The following
substances were identified: DDT, Methyl-parathion.
Companies identified are: Laprovet (F), Rhone Poulenc, Shell,
Sochim. 54
CHAD
BASEL LOMÉ IV / COTONOU BAMAKO
Party Signatory
Obsolete Pesticides: In Chad there is an unknown quantity of obsolete pesticides
which have to be disposed of. 55
COMOROS
BASEL LOMÉ IV / COTONOU BAMAKO
31.10.94 Ratified Party Signatory
National Policy: The country of Comoros, as a party to the Lomé Convention,
totally bans waste shipments to its territory. The government of
Comoros believes that “the only way to guarantee the protection
of the environment is to prohibit the export of hazardous wastes
completely.” 56
Waste import schemes: Scheme: FMW
Date: 1995
Quantity: 100 - 200,000 tonnes/year
Country of Origin: Germany, Austria; Belgium/ Italy ?
Exporter: Foerderanlagen und Maschinenbau AG (FMW),
Vienna, Austria
Recipient/ Destination: Dogmoch, Comoros
Pretext/Fate: interim storage/ later incineration
Status: proposed, unknown
In Spring 1995, FMW made an offer to the authorities of the
Islamic Republic of the Comoros (half a million inhabitants) to
build one or several incinerators for “industrial waste” with the
code numbers “11/12/13/14/17/18/19 53 59/97” for imported
toxic wastes from German and Austrian industries (same
numbers as in the Sri Lankan case).
These code numbers refer to:
53Le Lettre Du Continent, June 8, 1988; BBC Monitoring Service, Summary of World Broadcasts, November 8, 1988.
54 FAO 1999, 2001
55 FAO 1999
56“Analysis of Government Responses to the Executive Director’s Notes on Hazardous Waste Convention,” United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP/WG.189/Inf. 1, 12
October, 1988, pg. 3.
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