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6.5 BULGARIA
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Bulgarian Experience in the field of
unintentional produced POPs
Ministry of <strong>Environment</strong> and Water
Bulgaria
• Sources:
•• burning processes in production and
transformation of energy-49% PCDD/PCDF,16%
PCBs
•Burning processes in trade, administrative and
residential sectors, in agriculture, forestry and
water economies- 27% PCDD/PCDF, 62 % PCBs
• production processes- 9% PCDD/PCDF,
•Burning processes in industry- 3% PCDD/PCDF,
1% PCBs
••Road transport- 4% PCDD/PCDF, 17 % PCBs
••Other motor vehicles - 5% PCDD/PCDF, 4% PCBs
••Waste treatment and disposal- 3% PCDD/PCDF
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Bulgarian Experience in the field of
unintentional produced POPs
* Bulgaria signed and ratified the
<strong>Stockholm</strong> <strong>Convention</strong> on Persistent
Organic Pollutants
* Project GF/27-32-4454 between
Ministry of <strong>Environment</strong> and Water
of Bulgaria and UNEP- Chemicals
Main problems
•Lack of monitoring system and laboratories
for measurement of the concentrations of
dioxins and furans in air, soils and water;
••Lack of the significant restructure in
industrial sector and insignificant changes in
quantity, type and quality of fuels burned in
energy production
•Increased consumption of the coals and
other solid resources in residential sector
•Lack of enough financial sources and
technical expertise for the achievement of
the reduction or elimination of the
unintentionally produced POPs
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The main stages of its obligations are:
• 1. Up-dating and amendment of
the National Profile of the Chemicals
Management, prepared in 1997 (stage
1)
• 2. POPs inventory in Bulgaria
(stage 2)
• 3. Development of NIP and
Action Plans (stage 3)
Future aims
•Finalizing development of the NIP and
Action Plans;
Implementation of the abovementioned
plans;
•Induction “step-by-step” the BAT and BEP
in all sectors;
•Building of the monitoring system and
laboratory structure for the unintentionally
produced POPs
•Involvement of the stakeholders in process
of the reduction or elimination of the
sources of POPs
•Other
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