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Chile agrochemical sector OKs clean-up
Jan. 8, 2008
Chile's plant protection industry has signed up to the "Clean Production Accord", bringing the country into line with its international treaties. The voluntary Accord, the APL, is a strategy to prevent damage to the environment and public health through the treatment and disposal of obsolete pesticides. It aims to fulfil the country's obligations under international treaties. They include: the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC); the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs); and the Basil Convention, which covers the disposal of and transportation of hazardous waste. The move also seeks to facilitate access to the major export markets of the US and the EU.
The key relevant obligation under the Accord to the sector is the "One Off on Out-Of-Date Pesticides". It consists of stimulating improved administration by distributors of stocks to avoid the expiration of pesticides; and the one-off withdrawal of dangerous pesticides, meeting legal requirements in their handling.
Infrastructure improvements will include enhanced training for personnel; and measures to ensure the safer transportation and storage of crop protection products. A further step will be the doubling of the ratio of empty packaging that is recycled or disposed of after triple-rinsing. The 21.5% of packages disposed of in 2006 forms the base for the increase.
Source: AgroNews
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