Over 360 tonnes of banned pesticides from the stockpile of Pascani village of Criuleni district are to be transported to Poland by the end of August for being burned within the regional FAO project “Improving capacities to eliminate and prevent recurrence of obsolete pesticides as a model for tackling unused hazardous chemicals in the former Soviet Unions”, IPN reports.

In a press release, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry says that following multiple activities, in June the Republic of Moldova obtained a transit notification from Ukraine. This made the initiation of the transportation works possible. During July 1-15, over 70 tonnes of pesticides were already transported to Poland by a Czech company. The activities are carried out according to plan and are to be completed by the end of August.

The regional project is implemented in a number of countries, such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Moldova. In 2012, these were among the first states that signed the Technical Assistance Project, contributing to reducing risks to the environment and to the population’s health and to promoting sustainable agriculture.