IPEN Participating Organizations (POs) around the world are carrying out activities related to the Toxics-Free SDGs Campaign. Started in 2018, these activities address themes such as agroecology, chemicals in products, endocrine disrupting chemicals, hazardous chemicals in the lifecycle of electronics, highly hazardous pesticides, lead in paint, women and chemicals, POPs, workplace right-to-know, and / or zero waste issues. In particular, actvities undertaken in the beginning of 2019 addressed these themes as they relate to the Stockholm Convention and its 9th Conference of the Parties (April - May, 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland). These specific activities helped raise awareness and move forward discussions about low POPs content level, PFAS, exemptions for PBDEs and sulfluramid, and the need to eliminate PCBs in an environmentally-sound, non-combustion manner. 

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Anglophone Africa

Ethiopia: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides

Ethiopia: Agroecology: a viable option to phasing out Highly Hazardous Pesticides from Ethiopia

Kenya: Extent and Use of Non-Chemical Pest Management Alternatives Among Smallholder Vegetable Farmers in Kenya: the Case of Siaya and Migori Counties

Kenya: The Toxic Plastic Waste Trade - a Case Study of Muoroto Slum in Mombasa, Kenya

Kenya: Mercury Trade and Supply in ASGM Hotspots: Kenya Country Situation Report

Kenya: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides

Mozambique: COVID-19, Chemicals, and Waste in Mozambique

Mozambique: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides and alternatives

Mozambique: Documenting DDT spraying, production, pollution and alternatives

Nigeria: Pesticides and Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Nigeria

Nigeria: Research Study on COVID-19 Impacts on Chemicals and Wastes in Nigeria

Rwanda: Highly Hazardous Pesticides Rwanda Situation Report

Sudan: Sudan Country Situation Report on Highly-Hazardous Pesticides

Tanzania: Tanzania National Report on Alternatives to HHPs - Second Phase

Tanzania: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides

Uganda: Documenting DDT spraying, production, pollution and alternatives (UNETMAC)

Uganda: Documenting DDT spraying, production, pollution and alternatives (NAPE)

Zambia: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides

Zambia: Documenting DDT spraying, production, pollution and alternatives

Central and Eastern Europe

Belarus: Raising Awareness on Health Hazards of Chemicals in Toys

Croatia: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

Serbia: Raising Awareness on Health Impacts of the Chemicals Used in Children's Toys and Childcare Products

Eastern Europe, Caucus & Central Asia

Armenia: Raising Awareness on Health Hazards of Phthalates in Toys

Armenia: Report on the Situation of Highly Hazardous Pesticides and Alternatives in Armenia

Azerbaijan: PCBs inventory and case studies in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)

Kazakhstan: COVID-19 Chemicals and Waste

Kazakhstan: Campaign to Raise Awareness on Plastic Production, Use & Dispoal in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Country Survey on Production and Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan: PCBs inventory and case studies in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)

Russia: PCBs inventory and case studies in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)

Russia: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

Russia: Country Review: Production and Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Russia

Russia: Waste incineration facilities and incinerators in the Russian Federation

Ukraine: How the COVID-19 pandemic can impact chemicals and wastes in Ukraine

Ukraine: Country Survey of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Ukraine

Uzbekistan: Country Review of Production and Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Uzbekistan

Francophone Africa

Burundi: Burundi National Report on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs)

Cameroon: Rapportde la Campagne Nationale de gestion rationnelle des déchets plastiques et le commerce des déchets plastiques toxiques au Cameroun

Cameroon: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides

Cameroon: Importance of Low POPs Content for Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Les conséquences humaines et environnementales des produits chimiques et déchets dues à la pandémie du COVID- 19 dans la ville de Bukavu et ses environs (COVID-19 Impacts on Chemicals and Wastes)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

Ivory Coast: Importance of Low POPs Content for Africa

Mali: National Report on HHPs in Mali

Niger: Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Niger

Niger: National Report on the Situation of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Niger

Senegal: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

Togo: National Report on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) and Alternatives in Togo

Togo: Importance of Low POPs Content for Africa

Latin America & the Caribbean

Argentina: Promoting the agroecological paradigm on the way to eliminating highly hazardous pesticides

Argentina: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides

Brazil: Território Sustentável

Brazil: Agribusiness and pandemic in Brazil

Brazil: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides

Brazil: Ending the PBDE recycling exemption

Brazil: Exposing sulfluramid in Latin America

Chile: Country Situation Report on highly hazardous pesticides

Colombia: Mercury Trade and Supply in ASGM in Colombia

Costa Rica: El herbicida glifosato y sus alternativas (The herbicide Glyphosate and its alternatives)

Costa Rica: Exposing sulfluramid in Latin America

Cuba: Los Plaguicidas Altamente Peligrosos en Cuba (Alternatives to highly hazardous pesticides in Cuba)

Cuba: Alternatives to highly hazardous pesticides in Latin America

Cuba: Exposing sulfluramid in Latin America

Jamaica: Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Jamaica

Mexico: Prohibition of single-use plastics and Roll Back of Morelos Waste Law

Mexico: Asbestos in Mineral Talc and Healthier Alternatives

Mexico: Exposing sulfluramid in Latin America

Mexico: Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Mexico

Mexico: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

Uruguay: ¿Cuál es el problema con el talco y cómo se relaciona con el asbesto? (What is the problem with talc and how is it related to asbestos?)

Uruguay: Exposing sulfluramid in Latin America

Uruguay: Report on the Situation of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Uruguay

Middle East & North Africa (MENA)

Egypt: PCBs: Progress towards Elimination in Egypt

Egypt: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Jordan: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Jordan: National Situation Report on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs)

Morocco: Study on Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Morocco

Tunisia: National Report on the Situation of Highly Hazardous Pesticides

North America & the Pacific

Australia: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

Canada: Ending the PBDE recycling exemption

Canada: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

South Asia

Bangladesh: Bangladesh: COVID 19 Chemicals and Waste

Bangladesh: Toxic Plastic Waste: Situation of Disposal, Management and Trade of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

India: Issue and Concerns of Talcum Powder in India: Time to Act

India: COVID-19 Industry Rollbacks

India: The Basel Ban Amendment and Implications for India

India: Documenting DDT spraying, production, pollution and alternatives

India: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Nepal: Effective implementation of the asbestos ban in Nepal

Nepal: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Nepal: Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products in Nepal

Sri Lanka: Plastic Waste Management in Sri Lanka – Country Situation Report

Sri Lanka: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Southeast & East Asia

Cambodia: Ending the PBDE recycling exemption

China: Establishing a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

Indonesia: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Japan: Ending the PBDE recycling exemption

Japan: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Hong Kong (PRC): Survey of Habits of Using Face Masks during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Hong Kong

Malaysia: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Philippines: Promoting non-combustion technologies for PCBs elimination

Philippines: Harmful Chemicals detected in Toys Sold in the Philippines

Philippines: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

South Korea: Stories from the Clean Room (Screenings of the film have been shown in over 20 countries to date)

South Korea: Advocating for Ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment

Thailand: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Vietnam: Alternatives for Reducing Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Rice Production: Case of the An Giang Province, Vietnam

Vietnam: PFOA situation reports in support of Stockholm Convention listing

Vietnam: Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Vietnam: A Situational Analysis