1. PCB Management

2. Where do we find PCBs?

3. Stockholm Convention provisions on PCBs
Elimination of use by 2025
Reduce exposures and risks
No export or import unless for ESM
No recovery for purpose of reuse if > 50 ppm PCBs
Final disposal by 2028

4. What is UNIDO’s approach on PCB Management?
Global Meeting on NIP Update

5. Ongoing UNIDO POPs Portfolio Number of project (84) and funds (170 m)
BAT/BEP 8
PCB
30,763,000
36,945,000 18
Medical waste, contaminated sites
8,000,000
23,059,000
E-Waste, Recycling, Alternatives for POPs
Policies/NIPs/NIP updates 53 3
69,452,000 2

6. PROJECT DESIGN
Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) and Disposal of PCBs
Overcome the barriers that impede the implementation of PCB-related obligations of the SC
Capacity building
Regulatory/Policy framework
Information dissemination and awareness raising
Disposal Technologies
Public Private Partnerships
GEF-funded

7. Reframing PCB non-combustion technologies
Traditional option -> INCINERATION
In developing countries,
Mostly low-level PCBs are found
No substitute transformers if they have to be off-line for a long time for treatment
Limited budget for replacing PCB- contaminated equipment and oil
Non-combustion technologies offer
On-line or on-site treatment
Cleaned equipment and oil are reusable
Therefore, a resource-efficient and practical option.

8. Decontaminated Recyclable Metal
PCB Oil
Drained transformers
Dismantling
PCB Oil + Solvent
Porous Material
PCB-free Solvent
Decontaminated Porous Material 8

9. Macedonia noncom facility
Philippine noncom facility
Mongolia noncom facility

10. PCBs may still exist in the oil system
New oil
Power transformers
Oil regeneration unit
Capacitors
Distribution transformers

11. Global Meeting on NIP Update
Key insights
Country ownership
Stakeholders’ commitment
Information dissemination and awareness
Start with a good inventory
No “one size fits all” solution
Protection of human health and the environment
Global Meeting on NIP Update

12. Thank you for your attention! 