Officials from Bangladesh are in Turkey to learn from the country’s ship recycling sector (19-22 October), in a programme facilitated by IMO under the project dealing with the safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh (SENSREC).Hosted by the Government of Turkey in Ankara and Izmir, the visit consists of technical site visits, including waste management centres; a seminar including sessions on IMO’s ship recycling convention (Hong Kong Convention) and legislation issues; and meetings with ship recycling industry representatives.IMO is represented by Simone Leyers and a team of consultants.SENSREC Project, aimed at improving the safety and environmental standards within the country’s ship-recycling industry, consists of five work packages covering:• Two studies assessing the economic and environmental impact of the ship recycling industry in Bangladesh;• An assessment of the prevailing conditions and needs for environmentally sound hazardous waste management, including the compilation of a hazardous waste inventory, hazardous waste assessment report and the preliminary infrastructure design and site selection for a hazardous waste storage, treatment and disposal facility;• Recommendations on strengthening the government’s one-stop service, in which all the various ministries with a responsibility for ship recycling (e.g. industries, environment, labor, shipping) offer a single point of contact for related matters;• ...
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