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

MOZAMBIQUE
The government of Morocco advocates the incineration of
unusable stocks in the country’s cement kilns.
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Obsolete Pesticides: In Mozambique there are altogether 443 tonnes of obsolete
pesticides stored in at least 40 different locations.
The following substances were identified, among others: Aldrin,
DDT, EDB, Endrin, Parathion. 136
136 FAO 1999
137 GTZ-Brochure, 2000
138 FAO 1999
139 GTZ-Brochure, 2000
1993 GTZ and DINA, the Plant Protecion Service of
Mozambique undertook a disposal operation and managed the
removal of 160 tonnes of Monochrotophos/DDT and
contaminated soil. The wastes were shipped to the UK for
incineration. The project was fully financed by BMZ, the
German Federal Ministry for Cooperation and Development 137 .
A project of the Danish agency DANIDA to adjust a cement kiln
to enable it to destroy the wastes has failed “due to stiff
resistance by environmental NGOs” 138 , among them Greenpeace.
“In 1991, at the urgent request of the Government of
Mozambique, Shell collected and repacked 72,000 litres of
Monocrotophos/DDT from a government warehouse in Beira,
cleaned the storage area and transferred the product to a safe
facility near Maputo to await disposal. In 1994, using German
funding, Shell bore the full costs of the collection from Beira and
the first re-packaging and contributed assistance to the final
collection from Maputo.
In direct connection with this disposal operation the GTZ
initiated the first countrywide survey for obsolete pesticides in an
African country. During a period of 12 months, a local team,
trained by GTZ, documented 610 different batches in 41
governmental stores and paragovernmental organisations
through the country. 510 tons of obsolete pesticides were taken in
the inventory, analysed and evaluated. The result, around 50
percent had to be declared as “obsolete”. The survey was
financed and guided by the Pesticide Disposal project of the GTZ
and supervised by a local DANIDA-expert. 139
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