Figures show that from economic viewpoint, it is not feasible to build plants for recycling chemical products and equipment that contain heavy metals in Moldova. Only infrastructure for collecting and transporting these abroad for recycling them there should be built.

Svetlana Bolocan, division head at the Ministry of Environment, in a news conference at IPN, said the responsibility for using chemical products and endangering people’s health is borne by each consumer apart. The Ministry of Environment set the banning of the use of chemical substances in goods that are sold on the home market as a key goal. This way the state will have the task of working our policies and mechanisms for reducing the production of chemicals.

“We must deal with chemical waste and create facilities and should enable the consumers to inform themselves about the danger posed by chemical substances as long as these they use them or come into contact with them. If they are not informed, the users throw waste without being concerned about the impact on environment,” stated Svetlana Bolocan.

As to the products that contain asbestos, Svetlana Bolocan said they are making effort to amend the law on the atmospheric air so as to prevent the use of asbestos as this is very dangerous for health and the authorities will focus especially on social institutions that are covered with asbestos roof tiles. When the sale of asbestos on the internal market is banned, the social facilities with such tiles will be inventoried to determine their number and solutions will be identified to reduce the number of users and to introduce products that do not affect health and the environment on the market.