The co-operation between Chinese MOFCOM and Norwegian MFA on the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous and Industrial Wastes in Cement Kilns in China project has been extended for another two to three years.
The project was supposed to end in the second quarter of 2010 and aims to build regulations, technical standards and criteria of cement kiln co-processing activities for hazardous and industrial wastes under the compliance with the Stockholm and Basel Convention.
Kre Helge Kartensen, chief scientist and special advisor of the Norwegian Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF) said, ‘In the past few years, we concentrated on five pilot demonstration projects in Hubei, Dalian, Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou. For the further cooperation, we’d like to try to involve more companies, plants and experts. We aim to have more conferences and meetings and also write more articles in the appropriate technical journals.’ Kre has been involved in the project since 2004.
In September 2006, Chinese MOFCOM and Norwegian MFA signed the project agreement. In March 2007, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China (FECO) and SINTEF signed the project contract.
With the completion of the project, a blueprint for its implementation, entitled ‘Guidelines for the co-processing of hazardous wastes in cement kilns,’ has been sent to relevant authorities.
