Under POPs Legacy Elimination and POPs Release Reduction Project, Training on KOK Emissions Unintentionally Produced in Industrial Production in Turkey was held on 22nd February-24th February 2017, in Safranbolu Hilton Garden-Inn Hotel and KARDEMIR Karabük Iron and Steel Works Factory.

Training began with the opening speeches of Dekonta Company Project Manager Vojtech Musil, United Nations Industrial Development Project Technical Coordinator Şenol Ataman, Deputy Minister of Environment and Urbanism Mehmet Ceylan and Karabük Governor Mehmet Aktaş.

Prof. Dr. Ivan Holoubek presented Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on9 Persistent Organic Pollutants (SC), Introduction to the Best Available Techniques (BAT) and Best Environmental Practices (BEP), Introduction to Unintentionally Organic Pollutants (uPOPs), Inventory and Sampling and Analysis of Industrial Chimney Emissions during first two days of the training.

On the third day of the training, practical training was completed in which the participants were able to study the emission measurement processing approach step by step. This practical training was carried out partly on the inside (presentation, discussion etc.), partly on the KARDEMİR plant site (ongoing measurement in the selected chimney) and presentations of KARDEMİR company were held in the factory.

Educational presentations and videos will be available on our website as soon as possible.