Urgent Safe Disposal of Obsolete Pesticides Stocks in Lebanon - TCP/LEB/3801
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According to the Lebanese customs statistics (the only authority offering import/export statistics in an electronic form), Lebanon imports a yearly average of 8 000 tonnes of pesticides. Although the statistics do not establish the difference between pesticides for agricultural use and public health use, most of the imported pesticides are for agricultural purposes. Furthermore, although the MoA counts on a well-established registration system known as the Lebanese Pesticide Management System (LPMS), there is still a need to improve it, so a database is created and updated periodically. The MoA has also limited capacities to conduct accurate inventories, to collect, repack and properly dispose of obsolete or unwanted pesticides stocks. A recent inventory revealed that around 56 tonnes of expired or unwanted agricultural pesticides are stored in different places around the country, such as private companies, the port of Beirut or the MoA Kfarshima lab, where 10 tonnes have been stored for more than ten years, becoming a serious risk to the staff and surrounding population due to their very bad condition (leaking packages and toxic fumes release), as well as to the environment.