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Decision V/26: Destruction Technologies

Document type
Decision
Reference number
V/26
Date
Nov 19, 1993
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances, Air & atmosphere
Treaty
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Sep 16, 1987)
Meeting
Fifth Meeting of the Parties
Website
ozone.unep.org
Abstract

The Fifth Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. V/26, further to decision IV/11 on destruction technologies:

  1. That there shall be added to the list of approved destruction technologies, which was set out in Annex VI to the report of the work of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties , the following technology:
    - Municipal solid waste incinerators (for foams containing ozone-depleting substances);
  2. To specify that pilot-scale as well as demonstration-scale destruction technologies should be operated in accordance with the suggested minimum standards identified in Annex VII to the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties unless similar standards currently exist domestically.