Guidance documents on PCB

General information
ESM
Inventory
Open applications
Disposal

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Consolidated assessment of efforts made toward the elimination of PCB (UNEP, 2016)
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS. An Assessment Report on: DDT Aldrin Dieldrin Endrin Chlordane Heptachlor Hexachlorobenzene Mirex Toxaphene Polychlorinated Biphenyls Dioxins and Furans (Ritter et al., 1995)
PCBs: The Forgotten Legacy - A Threat to Human Health and the Environment (PCB Elimination Network, 2016)
PCBs: The Forgotten Legacy - Elimination: How Far Did We Get? (PCB Elimination Network, 2016)

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Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls polychlorinated naphthalenes or polybrominated biphenyls including hexabromobiphenyl (UNEP/CHW.13/6/Add.4/Rev.1)
Technical guidelines: General technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (UNEP/CHW.14/7/Add.1/Rev.1)
Preparation of a National Environmentally Sound Management Plan for PCBs and PCB-Contaminated Equipment - Training Manual (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2003)
PCB management guidance - Maintenance, Handling, Transport and Interim Storage of Liquids Containing PCB and Equipment Contaminated with PCB (PCB Elimination Network, June 2016)
Framework for the management of PCBs (Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, 2001)
PCB Transformers and Capacitors - From Management to Reclassification and Disposal (UNEP, 2002)

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Items: 6
PCB Inventory Form (UNEP, 2002)
Guidelines for the identification of PCBs and materials containing PCBs (UNEP, 1999)
PCB inventory guidance (PCB Elimination Network, 2016)
PCB inventory and analysis form (2023)
PCBs Elimination Network (PEN) magazine (2010)
Guidance for development of PCB inventories and analysis of PCB (UNEP/POPS/COP.11/INF/12)

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Consolidated Guidance on PCB in Open Applications (March 2019)
Open systems uses of PCBs; IPEN 2009
Factsheet on Open Applications: Machinery and Installations
Photo Booklet on Open Applications
Factsheet on Open Applications: Residential and Public Buildings

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Inventory of World-wide PCB Destruction Capacity (UNEP, 2004)
Survey of Currently Available Non- Incineration PCB Destruction Technologies (UNEP, 2000)
Destruction and decontamination technologies for PCBs and other POPs wastes under the Basel Convention - A training manual for hazardous waste project managers, Vol A (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2002)
Destruction and decontamination technologies for PCBs and other POPs wastes under the Basel Convention - A training manual for hazardous waste project managers, Vol B (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2002)
Destruction and decontamination technologies for PCBs and other POPs wastes under the Basel Convention - A training manual for hazardous waste project managers, Vol C (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2002)
Destruction and decontamination technologies for PCBs and other POPs wastes under the Basel Convention - A training manual for hazardous waste project managers, Vol C, Annexes (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2002)

Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention - UNEP
Office address: 11-13, Chemin des Anémones - 1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland
Postal address: Avenue de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève 10, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)22 917 8271
Email: brs@un.org

Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention
Office address: 11-13, Chemin des Anémones - 1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland
Postal address: Avenue de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève 10, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)22 917 8271
Email: brs@un.org

Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention - FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 5703 3765 - Fax: +39 06 5703 3224
Email: pic@fao.org

Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Office address: 11-13, Chemin des Anémones - 1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland
Postal address: Avenue de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève 10, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)22 917 8271
Email: brs@un.org

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