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Chemicals and industrial pollution
Background
 Chemicals are all around us, from natural chemicals in food to industrially produced ones, distributed by trade and by long-range transport of pollutants, found in working surrounding, environment and consumers’ products. They may ease our everyday life but at the same time cause allergies, have effects on the reproductive system or show carcinogenic, teratogenic or chronic toxic effects.Therefore the management of chemicals risks is one of the high priority issues on European and international levels. A large number of European directives as well as international agreements are available as tools for the reduction of risks posed by chemicals. This is inevitably a complex field demanding great resources as well as very good cooperation from public institutions and the industry. Especially industrial companies are a potential source of environmental problems and rather often it needs good convincing skills that environmental costs should not externalised and that win-win solutions are possible. Apart from that, it is of course indispensable that binding legal standards on national and international level are met by the companies. Continuous awareness and knowledge raising, know-how exchange, capacity building and initiating a dialogue between state authorities, the industry, trade and consumers is one of the priority issues within the BEF. Workshops, meetings and trainings contribute to our aim of minimizing the environmental burden posed by chemicals and industrial pollutants. | ContactsPhilipp Engewald Tel.: 040/5330 7075 Fax.: 040/5330 7084
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Projects
Capacity-building in North West Russia on hazardous substance management (CapChemRU) The general purpose of the project is to support capacity building actions and cooperation of different stakeholders and thereof to contribute to the reduction of emissions from hazardous substances (HS) in the Russian part of the Baltic Sea basin. more>> | 10/2008 - 06/2010 |
Proposals for measures and actions for the reduction of pollution from hazardous substances for the Baltic Sea Action Plan The Project focussed on the conditions in the new EU member states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland) and Russia (North West Region only). By example of 11 (groups of) hazardous substances, the consultant analysed the available information on current uses and emissions of these substances and the current practise in applying the existing regulatory instruments to reduce releases. Based on this analysis, the consultant proposes a suite of 30 actions to promote the long term process towards meeting HELCOM objective in 2020. more>> | 02/2007 - 09/2007 |
Environmental communication as an instrument for a successful implementation of EU directives in SMEs in the Baltic States The goal of the project was to identify supply chains in three selected braches (printing, metal, furniture), to establish better communication paths and to eliminate environmental deficits. more>> | 01/2006 - 12/2007 |
