Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

The Stockholm Convention “requires countries to reduce or eliminate the release of POPs into the environment; creates international rules for the safe management and disposal of hazardous chemicals and wastes; helps governments find alternatives to POPs; and requires regular evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention's measures.”.

CTFA follows development of the Convention as the outcomes are domesticated into national legislation. It is a chemical-based listing process based on a substance’s level of long-term accumulation (“persistence”) in the environment.

South Africa currently domesticates the requirements of the Convention through two Regulations that are continually being updated.

Text of the Convention → Convention Annexes: Elimination, Restriction, Minimisation →

National Regulations

Regulations to prohibit the production, distribution, import, export, sale and use of Persistent Organic Pollutants that are listed by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Regulations to Phase-Out the Use of Persistent Organic Pollutants