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2.3 CENTRAL AND SOUTH EAST ASIA REGIONAL CONSULTATION: 7-9
MARCH 2005, BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Structure of the Document
1. It was generally felt the draft guidelines and guidance were well tailored, useful, and
of high quality.
2. There was general agreement that the inclusion of some sort of interactive electronic
format would help in making the guidance document more user friendly.
3. Issues directly affecting the informal sector and small to medium sized enterprises
were not sufficiently covered in the guidance document.
Suggestions for Further Work
1. Regionally Specific Issues:
‣ Guideline needed to properly cover the issue of medical waste
disposal/incineration and the range of appropriate technologies that can be
used by developing countries.
‣ Inclusion of more information on BAT/BEP for regional activities like
activated carbon manufacture, latex rubber smoking, and thermal processes in
smoke processes, uncontrolled burning of body bags and small sector metals
production.
‣ Inclusion of more information on biomass/wood waste oils, charcoal and other
unconventional sources of energy typical in the region. Rudimentary and
primitive burning practices required examination.
‣ Inclusion of a section on “the use of rice husks as an energy source”, in the
guidelines.
2. General Issues:
‣ The guidelines would benefit and become more comprehensive by the
addition of more information on alternative technologies and practices.
‣ Inclusion of a step-by-step plan to guide the developing countries in the
application and improvement of BAT/BEP processes.
‣ Additional information in the development and promotion of waste
minimization techniques was requested by some countries in the region.
‣ Expansion of the Dioxin and Furan Toolkit to include other unintentionally
produced POPs like HCB and PCBs.
‣ Other countries had queries as to whether they could use brick ovens to burn
infectious medical wastes, and as to whether “encapsulation” could be
regarded as some form of BAT?
‣ Some participants would have liked the guidance document to contain a sort
of checklist approach so as to guide countries in the implementation of BEP.
‣ The need to harmonize legislation/regulations and international standards was
seen as an issue by some participants.
Regional Contributions regarding the process of the future development of the Guidance
document:
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