The “NIP update, integration of POPs into national planning and promoting sound healthcare waste management in Kazakhstan” Project objective is to reduce the releases of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other globally harmful pollutants into the environment by promoting sound healthcare waste management in Kazakhstan; and to assist the country in implementing its relevant obligations under the Stockholm Convention. National capacities on POPs monitoring is a key condition for the development initial plan on mercury reduction and promoting sound healthcare waste management. Uncontrolled incineration of medical waste is a significant source of dioxin and furan releases. The existing Kazakhstan’s legal system regulating healthcare waste was established by the introduction of sanitary requirements by the Ministry of Public Health in 2004, 2007, and 2012. These acts provided for prohibition of infectious waste disposal on sanitary landfills and contributed to the construction of waste incinerators in the provinces. The changes, which were introduced into the healthcare legislation were not, though, coordinated with relevant environmental regulatory measures. One current example is that sanitary requirements do not fill regulatory gaps concerning imposition of hazardous healthcare waste’s transportation rules according to the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, and ADR agreement of which Kazakhstan is a party, and control of waste treatment operations, including emission standard for waste incineration. Legislation of Kazakhstan does not set emission standards for waste incineration or any other technical requirements for the given process. However, waste incinerator, as any other object of waste disposal, is to be assessed in terms of its environmental impact and has to obtain a permit for waste utilization before it sets to work. The given permit includes requirements on release of some pollutants, with the exception of uPOPs and heavy metals, with the follow up payment of relevant environmental duties. However, in reality pollution test checks are not performed; the volume of incinerator emissions is estimated theoretically in the process of getting a permit for its operation and later is to be adjusted and monitored by its owner. Thus, monitoring and control over emissions resulting from waste incineration is practically inexistent. Considerable deterioration of environmental situation is observed during incineration of infectious wastes, which according to generally accepted practice, undergo bromine chlorine disinfection prior to incineration, which leads to still greater release of dioxins and furans; chlorine compounds are released in disposal fields as well. Additional environmental problem is due to formal classification of fallouts following incineration of domestic wastes and utilization of these fallouts in disposal fields that not meant for that. Title of Goods Required: LOT 1: Procurement of small autoclaves for the treatment of infectious healthcare waste LOT 2: Procurement of shredders for grinding decontaminated healthcare waste Please refer to http://www.kz.undp.org/content/kazakhstan/en/home/operations/procurement/procurement.html to download the Invitation to Bids (including Technical Specifications). For more details please contact meruyert.bolyssayeva@undp.org |