Comments and Reply: Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Response: This information is required in order for Canada to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention. The management of waste POPs is a joint effort involving the secretariats of both the Stockholm and Basel conventions.

Environment Canada agrees that triggers should be set for the declaration of Schedule 10 POPs. The levels set out under the proposed Regulations are consistent with the low POP content being used under the Basel Convention's "General technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs)".