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Tauw has been contracted by the World Bank to advise it on how to deal with old pesticides and organic pollutants that are difficult to decompose (POP) in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Tauw consultants will be engaged in knowledge transfer for the delineation of an inventory and how to treat the former storage space of these toxic substances.

In each of the three countries, ten people will be trained to locate and make an inventory of former storage space. Moreover, inspecting a landfill site in each country more closely, after which they will design a technical sanitation.

Activities will be developed in a consortium with Witteveen + Bos, Milieukontakt International, IHPA (International HCH and Pesticides Association) and Green Cross. The work was also done in close collaboration with local parties. The Canadian government will fund the project, which costará450.000 euros.

In Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, have accumulated over recent decades large amounts of obsolete pesticides and POPs, used in agriculture and are very harmful to humans and the environment. Cleanup of these substances is being conducted under the Stockholm Convention.