Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, hosted from 13th through 16th Marchthe national workshop on the management under safe conditions of the life cycle of dangerous wastes. The event saw the participation of local and national authorities, holders of PCBs waste, private companies involved with the transportation, handling and stocking of dangerous wastes, laboratories, research institutes and organisations, non-government organisation as well as operators at international level with a proven experience in the matter of dangerous wastes and the disposal of PCBs. The workshop in Astana dedicated the first two days to presentations and discussions, and during the two subsequent days, instead, bilateral meetings were held between the private enterprises and the authorities charged with the task of entering the partnerships for the sustainable management of dangerous wastes in Kazakhstan.
Sea Marconi has been invited to participate as a worldwide recognised expert on the topic of PCBs, thanks to an approach targeted toward the conservation of resources within the respect for the environment: Sea Marconi’s solution provides keeping the electrical equipment and the oil contained in operation by eliminating exclusively the PCBs (by a chemical dehalogenation), thus without requiring any disposal or incineration.
Vander Tumiatti illustrated the “GreenPro Transfo” solution, emphasising the main point of force: supporting the holders of electrical equipment with insulating oils and PCBs during the entire life cycle (LCM – Life Cycle Management).
In his presentation, Vander Tumiatti illustrated in details the “PCBs Free Program”, line of integrated services for the inventory, control, management and decontamination of electric transformers contaminated by PCBs in accordance with the Convention of Stockholm and the technical norms of the sector: CENELEC CLC/TR 50503, IEC 60422 Ed. 3 2005.
The spearhead service for the decontamination of transformers contaminated by PCBs is the CDP Process®, the technology considered as BAT/BEP (Best Available Technique/ Best Environmental Practice) mentioned also by the brochure CIGRE no. 413 (April 2010).
