Stakeholder Seminar
Phosphates in detergents: Latest developments
in the Danube River Basin
Best Western Park Hotel, Bucharest 25 January 2007
Objective:
To raise awareness of the impact of the nutrients from laundry detergents and to discuss options to
minimise their environmental impacts.
Background papers:
The UNDP/GEF Danube Regional Project has undertaken a study on the options for the reduction of
phosphorus in detergents and the conclusion of this work, and other related technical research, will
be presented to ICPDR experts and other interested stakeholders in the Danube River Basin.
The following references will serve to provide additional background to the Phosphates in Detergents
Stakeholder Seminar.
www.ICPDR.org - the website of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
www.undp-drp.org - UNDP/GEF Danube Regional Project website
www.undp-drp.org/drp/activities_1-8_detergents.html DRP report on P detergents
http://danubs.tuwien.ac.at/ - The Technical University in Vienna have recently (2005) completed an
EC FP5 project to assess the nutrient situation in the Danube River Basin.Website of the daNUbs
FP5 project
http://www.undp-drp.org/drp/en/activities_1-8_detergents_wshp-Jan07.html - Temporary web
location of work undertaken by INIA on Eutrophication risk models for phosphorus
Stakeholder Seminar - Phosphates in Detergents
Programme
Welcome
0930
State Secretary Lucia Varga ICPDR President
Purpose of meeting
0940
Peter Whalley (DRP) & Joachim Heidemeier (Chairman
ICPDR Pressures & Measures Expert Group)
Management of the Danube River Basin
0950
Philip Weller (Executive Secretary ICPDR)
European Commission perspective
1020
Sotirios Kiokias (DG ENTR)
Discussion 1040
Coffee
1100
Nutrients in Danube River Basin -
1130
Christoph Lampert
(Technical University Vienna)
Eutrophication risk model for
1200
Jose Tarazona (INIA)
phosphorus emissions
Report on P detergents -
1230
Helene Horth (WRc)
Lunch
1300
Country case studies on P-detergents
1430
· Czech Republic
1430 Doubravka
Nedvedova
(Ministry of Environment)
· Slovenia
1445
Jaroslav Slunecko
(Slovenian Industry association KPC)
· Romania
1500
Gheorghe Constantin
(Ministry of Environment and Water Management)
Impact of P substitution
1515
To be confirmed
Discussion
1530
Coffee
1545
NGO perspective on P-free detergents
1615
To be confirmed
Panel discussion
1630
ICPDR, DRP, DG Env, DG Ent
Summary/conclusion 1700