I. FORUM BOOKS
II. IHPA REPORTS
III. OTHER DOCUMENTS

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I. FORUM BOOKS

• 13th Forum
  Proceedings from the 13th International HCH & Pesticides Forum, Spain, 2015
   13th HCH Forum Book (22 MB)
  
  
• 12th Forum
  Proceedings from the 12th International HCH & Pesticides Forum, Ukraine, 2013
   12th HCH Forum Book (13 MB)
  or in 3 parts:
   12th HCH Forum Book - part 1 (3 MB)
   12th HCH Forum Book - part 2 (4 MB)
   12th HCH Forum Book - part 3 (6 MB)
  
  
• 11th Forum
  Proceedings from the 11th International HCH & Pesticides Forum, Republic of Azerbaijan, 2011
  11th Int. HCH & Pesticides Forum Book, part 1
  11th Int. HCH & Pesticides Forum Book, part 2
  11th Int. HCH & Pesticides Forum Book, part 3
  11th Int. HCH & Pesticides Forum Book, part 4
  
  
  
• 10th Forum
  Proceedings from the 10th International HCH & Pesticides Forum, Brno, Czech Republic, 2009
   10th HCH Forum Book (34 MB)
  
  
• 9th Forum
  Proceedings from the 9th International HCH & Pesticides Forum, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 2007
   9th HCH Forum Book - part1 (10 MB)
   9th HCH Forum Book - part2 (10 MB)
   9th HCH Forum Book - part3 (10 MB)
  
  
• 8th Forum
  Proceedings from the 8th International HCH & Pesticides Forum, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2005
   8th HCH Forum Book - part1 (pdf 11 MB)
   8th HCH Forum Book - part2 (pdf 14 MB)
  
  
• 7th Forum
  Proceedings from the 7th International HCH & Pesticides Forum, Kiev, Ukraine, 2003
   7th HCH Forum Book.pdf (26.5 MB)
  FOLLOW UP KIEV (zip file 804 KB)
   Added Contribution - OBSOLETE PESTICIDES IN TURKEY.pdf (45 KB)
  
  
• 6th Forum
  Proceedings from the 6th International HCH & Pesticides Forum, Plant Protection Institute Poznan, have been published at the end of January 2002 and are free of charge available for downloading from our library.
  
  
• 5th Forum
  Proceedings from the 5th International HCH and Pesticides Forum, IHOBE published in 1999: The book contains 50 detailed technical papers on the "State of the Art" of Pesticides. The book can be downloaded free of charge from our library.
  
  
• 4th Forum
  4th Forum HCH and unwanted Pesticides. International co-operation of experts for the solution of the hexachlorocyclohexane and unwanted pesticides problems. PPI, Poznan, 1997.
    download (0,43 MB - pdf file)
  
  
• 3rd Forum
  No Forum book has been made.
  Download 3rd Forum Papers (Bilbao, 19-20 September 1994) directly from our library:
     PART 1 (5,36 MB - pdf file)
     PART 2 (4,45 MB - pdf file)
  
  
• 1st & 2nd Forum
  International HCH and halogenated pesticides Forum {complilation of 1st Forum - 1991, Zwolle, The Netherlands and 2nd Forum - 1992, Magdeburg, Germany}.
  download (5,6 MB zipped pdf file)
  

II. IHPA REPORTS

• Disposal of pesticides (re-packing, collection and elimination of pesticide residues on the Romanian territory ) EUROPEAID/115815/D/SV/RO – Obsolete pesticides
  REPORT:
  1. Independent Supervision for Disposal of Pesticides, FINAL REPORT, November 2006, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development
  2. FINAL REPORT , Definitive Strategy and Action Plan, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development



• NEW PAGE! Obsolete (lethal) Pesticides, a ticking time bomb and why we have to act now.
  Authors: John Vijgen, Director of the International HCH & Pesticides Association (IHPA,
  Christian Egenhofer, Senior Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels (CEPS)
  Publisher: Tauw Group bv, The Netherlands (on behave of IHPA, c/o Elmevej 14, DK-2840 Holte.)
  ISBN-13: 978-90-76098-10-4
  Available in English, Russian, Azerbaijani, Mongolian, Georgian, Romanian



• August 2009 - Report on Obsolete Pesticides : alternative methods for destruction of OPs.
  
  Download all documents listed below in one zipfile (9.5 MB) or per section below:
  * Obsolete Pesticides- a 'Burning' Question (full report with annex 1)
  * Annex 2
  * Annex 2a
  * Annex 3
  * Annex 3a



• June 2009 Provisional POPs Technology Specification and Data Sheets for the Secretariat of the Basel Convention
  
  Note: These Sheets are provisional and are not yet peer-reviewed by external experts. As soon as this review has been taken place a definitive version will replace this provisional version
  
  Updated POPs Technology Specification and Data Sheets:
  
  Alkali-Metal-Reduction + Annex
  Autoclaving + Annex
  Base Catalyzed Decomposition (BCD) + Annex
  Cement Kiln Co-Processing (High Temperature Treatment) + Annex
  Gas-Phase Chemical Reduction (GPCR) + Annex
  Hazardous Waste Incineration + Annex
  Plasma Arc (PLASCON) + Annex
  
  New POPs Technology Specification and Data Sheets:
  
  Catalytic hydrodechlorination (CHD) + Annex
  GeoMelt® + Annex
  Potassium tert-butoxide (t-BuOK) method + Annex
  Radicalplanet Technology (Mechanochemical Principle) + Annex
  Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) + Annex
  Waste to gas conversion



• OBSOLETE PESTICIDES : A TICKING TIME BOMB AND WHY WE HAVE TO ACT NOW
  John Vijgen, IHPA
  Christian Egenhofer - Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS
  CEPS - MAY 2009
  



• Disposal Technology Options - review and update of treatment technology:
  IHPA contribution to the African Stockpile Programme:
  authors John Vijgen and Patrick Dyke: July 2008
  
  This report 'Disposal Technology Options review and update of treatment technology, under the African Stockpile Programme' aims to provide an update to previous reviews of technology for obsolete pesticide destruction and is based on practical field experience with obsolete pesticides waste, in addition to guidelines and other decision making tools that have been collected. Specifically it has to be mentioned that obsolete pesticides (OPs) can include the POPs pesticides, but these may only a minor part of the total obsolete pesticides. read more / download



• Obsolete pesticides: How to solve a worldwide society problem? J. Vijgen - (0,15 MB pdf file)
  
  (This article is taken from the book: Soil and Sediment Remediation, P. Lens, T. Grotenhuis, G. Malina and G. Tabak, ISBN: 1843391007, October 2005, IWA, See www.iwapublishing.com )



• IHPA submits " The Legacy of Lindane HCH Isomer Production A Global Overview of Residue Management, Formulation and Disposal" to the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on January 20th 2006
  
  "The Legacy of Lindane HCH Isomer Production A Global Overview of Residue Management, Formulation and Disposal" + Annexes.



• NATO/CCMS Pilot Study Fellowship Report:
  
  Evaluation of Demonstrated and Emerging Remedial Action Technologies for the Treatment of Contaminated Land and Groundwater (Phase III)
  This NATO/CCMS Fellowship Report describes the current international development on pesticides seen in the framework of the POPs Convention (9 of the 12 POPs are pesticides), and a status of the "emerging technologies" related to remedial actions towards pollution problems caused by pesticides. read more / download




III. OTHER DOCUMENTS



• NEW! December 2017 Improving capacities to eliminate and prevent recurrence of obsolete pesticides as a model for tackling unused hazardous chemicals in the former Soviet Union


• John Vijgen, IHPA director, and Roland Weber (POPs Environmental Consulting), IHPA ambassador, have been co-authors in Green Science Policy Institute Report:
  Methods of Responsibly Managing End-of-Life Foams and Plastics Containing Flame Retardants, March 2017.
  
  Summary: Millions of tonnes of foams and plastics containing flame retardants including Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are discarded or recycled at end-of-life, resulting in ongoing hazards for human and ecological health. We convened a series of workshops, funded by National Science Foundation and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and compiled a report to inform policy decisions, scientific research and funding.
  
  The report is available here: http://greensciencepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ResponsibleDisposal_GSP_4APRIL2017.pdf
  
  
• Title: Japanese Pesticides Treatment Fact Sheets by Mr. Yukio Noma, Senior Researcher at National Institute for Environmental Studies, Research Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management, Ibaraki, Japan ( in case of questions please contact: noma@nies.go.jp
  
   Radicalplanet Technology (Mechanochemical Principle)
   SP process (Sodium Powder Dispersion Dechlorination Process)
   Sub-critical water oxidation
   Supercritical Water Oxidation of Organo Corporation
   Supercritical Water Oxidation of Kurita Industries
   Vacuum Heating Decomposition