PCB Management and Disposal Demonstration Project

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The Demonstration of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Management and Disposal (GEF) Project for China Identifies and demonstrates environmentally-sound and cost-effective policies, procedures and techniques for safe management and disposal of China's temporarily-stored polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), their associated PCB-contaminated wastes, and remaining in-use PCBs equipment. The global environmental objective is to help China eliminate PCBs, one of the 12 "Persistent Organic Pollutants" covered by the Stockholm Convention on POPS, which are harmful to human health and to the environment. The project has six components: (1) institutional strengthening; (2) development o f a policy framework for PCB management and disposal; (3) PCB management in the Zhejiang Province; (4) disposal o f highly contaminated PCB wastes in the Liaoning Province; (5) project monitoring and evaluation; and (6) design of a national replication program. The project will be financed with a grant from the Global Environment Facility, counterpart contributions, and other donors.