Defra: a further update of the UK’s persistent organic pollutants multimedia emissions inventory

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs invites applications for a further update of the UK’s persistent organic pollutants multimedia emissions inventory.

The overall aim of this project is to update UK inventories of emissions of POPs, including dioxins, PCBs, and HCB to air, land and water and to establish a multimedia emissions inventory for those listed in the Stockholm Convention. The contact is required to allow the UK to fulfill international obligations under the Stockholm Convention. The successful bidder will: deliver improved data on emissions to air, water and land in the UK for all POPs listed under the Stockholm Convention; produce a multimedia emissions database covering all listed POPs; address data gaps and the key sources of uncertainty in the existing emissions inventories; consider how the emissions inventories could be further improved; provide evidence on the effectiveness of the current legislative framework in relation to emissions of POPs; report any observed trends in releases of POPs. SEG 1102.