Hazardous Substances from Open Burning Waste in Developing Countries

The overall goal of the project is to develop a methodology for determining emission factors for unintentional POPs generated in open waste burning processes. The second objective is to develop scientifically sound emission factors for open burning of waste with active participation of developing countries and under their national and local conditions. The project will provide validated emission factors for Toolkit and an enhanced methodology for the determination of the national activity. The final users will be Parties to the Stockholm Convention in their national reporting.

UNEP (2009): Hazardous Substances from Open Burning Waste in Developing Countries. Osaka/Shiga: United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). [Accessed: 19.03.2012] PDF