Updated National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention 2018.

The present document contains Denmark's third Updated National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention. This updated Plan reports that Denmark lives up to the obligations under the Convention and therefore contains only very few new initiatives, which are aimed in particular at destruction of the POPs present in the waste streams.
The Plan is organized based on activities, strategies and action plans by substance group. These include: 1. Measures to reduce or eliminate the release of decaBDE, other PBDEs and hexaBB; 2. Measures to reduce or eliminate the release of SCCPs; 3. Measures to reduce or eliminate the release of HBCDD; 4. Measures to reduce or eliminate the release of PCP, PCNs and HCBD from intentional use; 5. Measures to reduce or eliminate the release of PCB from intentional uses; 6. Measures to reduce or eliminate the release of PFOS; 7. Notification requirements for exemptions concerning production and use of POPs covered by Annexes A and B; and 8. Action plan for reduction of emission from unintentional formation of dioxins and other POPs. Each of these contain an overview of implementation legislation, current issues, and new initiatives. The Plan contemplates a total of 12 new initiatives across the different substances/areas.
In relation to DecaBDE and other PBDEs, the Plan contemplates control of products on the Danish market and assessing how materials with PBDEs can be separated from the waste stream prior to recovery and other waste treatment. It also contemplates preparing advice for recycling companies. In relation to SCCPs, the Plan envisages evaluating the need for further information on SCCP-waste to contractors, property owners, municipalities, and other stakeholders involved in activities related to building renovation and demolition. As regard HBCDD, the Plan stipulates 1) assessing whether selective sorting with the aim of destruction of EPS and XPS with HBCDD should be required on the basis of an evaluation of the efficiency of incineration of HBCDD in MSW incinerators; and 2) evaluating the need for further information on identification and handling of HBCDDwaste to contractors, property owners, municipalities, and other stakeholders involved in activities related to building renovation and demolitions. In relation to PCB, three new initiatives are considered: 1) Finalizing ongoing study on PCB in transformers and capacitors and evaluate whether further initiatives are needed; 2) Following the results of the ongoing HESPERUS project which assesses the risk of low-chlorinated PCB in the indoor environment; and 3) Revisiting the assessment of destruction efficiency for PCB along with results of the ongoing assessment of destruction efficiencies for other POPs. As regards PFOS, the Plan contemplates 1) withdrawing notification of PFOS in mist suppressants for non-decorative hard chrome plating; and 2) Evaluating the need for further initiatives based on the results of a desk study on destruction of PFOS and other POPs in MSW incinerators operating at a temperature of 850˚C. Finally, in relation to Dioxins and other unintentionally formed POPs, new initiatives envisaged include: 1) Informing users in future campaigns of the need to use clean and dry wood and not to burn waste in wood stoves; 2) Undertaking screening surveys for emissions of HCBD and PCNs; 3) Following the progress of the HALOSEP project and, on the basis of the results, assess whether further activities should be initiated and whether changes should be made to the legislation on disposal of flue-gas cleaning products.