This document provides guidance on monitoring industrial and unintentional persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in products in use and in recycling streams for POPs listed from 2009 to 2019. This guidance addresses POPs pesticides to the extent that they were used in wood, leather and textile treatment, in particular pentachlorophenol (PCP). It also intends to assist parties in their effort of monitoring POPs in products and recycling and to support the development and improvement of inventories on industrial POPs and unintentional POPs.
This document is useful for:
- Official contact points and national focal points of parties to the Stockholm Convention
- Members of national steering committees or coordinating bodies for developing and updating NIPs (coordination units) and their different task teams
- Stakeholders from government, the private sector, civil society and the general public participation in any of the phases of NIPs preparation, review and updating
This document is presented in English; translation to other UN languages is available here.
As part of the GEF-funded and UNEP-led “Global Development, Review and Update of NIPs under the Stockholm Convention on POPs” project, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) is executing Component 4, focused on disseminating information, managing knowledge and coordinating with the Stockholm Convention Secretariat to provide accessible, integrated tools and resources for all Parties.