Strengthening the national capacity for the management of POPs in Costa Rica

The GEF financed project (Grant: USD 4,000,000; Co-financing: USD 23,522,457), implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) with support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), aims to reduce the emissions/releases, minimize exposure of human beings to UPOPs in strategic sectors including plastics and to advance the Stockholm Convention in Costa Rica.<br>
The project is structured in in four components and the following main outcomes:<br>
• Government and relevant stakeholders involved, and POPs environmental sound management (ESM) capacities strengthened.<br>
• Unintentional POPs (UPOPs) emissions and control systems strengthened. <br>
• Plastics management systems strengthened.<br>
• BAT/BEP for the reduction of use and consumption of plastics and management of plastics waste.<br>
• Awareness-raised, lessons learned, and knowledge managed.<br>
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The project will provide Global Environmental Benefits in terms of reducing and eliminating 30 MT of PCB contaminated materials; 34 gTEq of emissions from biomass burning and plastics management , benefiting 5,180,000 inhabitants of the country. <br>