Obsolete chemicals and contaminated sites continue to have a serious environmental and health impact in countries in transition; Total waste quantities are increasing in most countries, with only limited progress towards the decoupling of waste generation, particularly hazardous waste, from economic growth in some countries; Soil is being irreversibly lost and degraded as a result of increasing and often conflicting demands from nearly all economic sectors.
Des polluants chimiques non classés parmi les POP viennent d'être identifiés, et leurs concentrations sont en augmentation. Les produits chimiques obsolètes et les sites contaminés continuent d'altérer gravement l'environnement et la santé dans les pays en transition;