Project

Integrated Management of PCBs in Costa Rica

Lead country

Costa Rica

Participating countries

Costa Rica

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From October 21, 2013 to December 31, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 6.3 Reduce water pollution, minimizing hazardous chemical releases
  2. 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
  3. 12.5 Reduce waste generation through reduction, recycling, reuse

Project ID: 4092

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Technical team

  • Chemicals and Waste Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Waste management

Sub-area(s)

  • Hazardous_chemical_waste

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Industrial site

Transformed sector(s)

  • Energy

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Institutional mechanism and system building
  • Normative support

Strategy

  • Law regulation
  • Enabling
  • Monitor inventory

Sub-strategy

  • Standards/ Labeling/ Guideline
  • Surveillance & Compliance
  • Pollution control
  • Technical capacity building
  • Awareness raising
  • Best available techniques & best environmental practices (BAT & BEP)
  • Waste/pollutants monitoring
  • Waste management
  • Impact assessment

Social inclusion

  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Awareness raising (on gender)

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Reduce exposure

SDG target(s)

  • 6.3 Reduce water pollution, minimizing hazardous chemical releases
  • 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
  • 12.5 Reduce waste generation through reduction, recycling, reuse

Conventions and protocols

  • Stockholm Convention (POPs)

Private sector(s)

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Large corporations

Hot topic

  • Health

Project objectives

Minimize risks of exposure from PCBs to people and the environment in Costa Rica.

USD $2,000,000

Grant amount

USD $8,819,274

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,000,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Costa Rica

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Strengthened Institutional Capacity in Costa Rica for the environmentally sound management of PCBs.

 Indicators:

Number companies trained and implementing the new regulatory guidelines
Number of inspectors / enforcement officers trained to enforce national laws / norms on PCB management
Number of environmental, health and customs authorities' personnel trained to monitor compliance of Stockholm Convention requirements and national norms.
Number of safe PCB management and disposal options
Quantity of PCBs (liquids and solids) destroyed in the project period (2013-2017).
Quantity of PCB material safeguarded.
Number of inspections carried out during project implementation (2013-17)
Number of inspectors trained to conduct site visits for the verification of compliance of the regulations for PCB management.
Number of PCB management regulations developed and validated by regulating institution.
Number of potential contaminated sites Number of national inventories updated on line with information from electrical companies on contaminated equipment and oils identified and inventories eliminated.
Interim storage/transfer station built and ready for operation.
Number of Designs for Interim storage/transfer station.
Number of Electrical sector companies with PCB management plans, developed and presented to national authority for approval.
Number of Environmental Impact Assessments for Interim storage/transfer station.
Number of Occupational health and safety guidelines issued and implemented by electrical sector companies.
Number of Technical standards developed for interim storage/transfer station.
Number of trainers trained on Best practices for PCB Management
Technical standards for the environmentally sound management of PCBs approved.
Environmentally sound destruction of existing PCB inventory
National Coordination mechanism established among PCB holders and government companies in operation.
Number of agreements between PCBs holders to develop interim storage/transfer station.
Number of feasibility studies to determine if low concentration PCB oils s can be destroyed locally.
Number of Awareness raising and communications strategies developed.
Number of workshops with populations living close to Interim storage/transfer station
Number of high quality monitoring and evaluation documents prepared during project implementation
Outcome 2:

Environmentally sound management and interim storage of PCBs,
Outcome 3:

Environmentally sound destruction of PCBs and management of contaminated equipment.
Outcome 4:

Awareness raising and communication.
Outcome 5:

Monitoring, adaptive feedback, outreach and evaluation.
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Project reports and documentation

 

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