The Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention has developed this interactive online training tool to provide information on the technical guidelines on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in a simple and interactive manner. In addition to being available on the website, the training tool has been sent out on CD ROMs to the Stockholm Convention Focal Points and the Basel Convention Focal Points for distribution to relevant persons.
The target audience for the tool are those involved in the management of POPs wastes that already have a basic knowledge on the subject. These include handlers of hazardous chemical waste, treatment and destruction industries, owners of POPs wastes, relevant government regulators and trainers on hazardous waste management.
In the future, training workshops will be held in developing countries and countries with economies in transition in order to support relevant personnel on the implementation of the technical guidelines on POPs wastes and to consider areas that require further work for managing and eliminating wastes.