During a regional workshop held on Monday, the regional support project for sustainable waste management and reduction of UPOPS and mercury emissions in WAEMU countries was officially launched at the BOAD headquarters in Lomé.duction of UPOPS and mercury emissions in WAEMU countries was officially launched at the BOAD headquarters in Lomé.

The launch brought together participants from member states including Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal, countries covered by the project. The project aims to promote an innovative approach to sustainable waste management, including Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), mercury and greenhouse gases, through the environmental, social and economic recovery of waste in WAEMU countries.

It will promote the best available techniques and best environmental practices in waste management, in order to eliminate the release of dioxins and furans, carcinogens and mercury. It is also about contributing to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, through the reduction of methane emissions and other greenhouse gases resulting from poor waste management.