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WASTE MANAGEMENTWASTE MANAGEMENTRepublic of CroatiaRepublic of Croatia

Jasna Kufrin, B.Sc., Head of Waste Department Jasna Kufrin, B.Sc., Head of Waste Department

Croatian Environment AgencyCroatian Environment Agency


• Legislation / institutional framework

• Waste quantities and management / Specific waste streams

• Facilities

• Data / Reporting

CONTENT


Population - 4,437,460 (2001 census)Zagreb, population – 779,145

Land area – 56,542 sq.km

Diverse terrain, karst topography makes up more than 50% territory

BASIC FACTS

•Croatia - a candidate country for EU membership (2004)•Accession negotiations – in progress


STRATEGIC-PLANNING FRAMEWORK

•Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Croatia (OG No. 30/09) •National Environmental Strategy (OG No. 46/02)•National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) (OG No. 46/02) •Environmental Protection Act (OG No. 110/07)

Waste management- marked as priority in environment protection

Waste Management Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (OG No. 130/2005)

Waste Management Plan of the Republic of Croatia for 2007-2015 (OG No. 85/2007)

POLICY


LEGISLATION

Transposition of EU legislation in waste management sector – completed (with the exception of the Directive 2008/98/EC)

•Waste Act (OG No. 178/04, 111/09, 60/08, 87/09)

•2 Regulations and 19 Ordinances

•Regulation on categories, types and classification of waste with a waste catalogue and list of hazardous waste (OG No. 50/05, 39/09) •Regulation on supervision of transboundary movement of waste (OG No. 69/06, 17/07, 39/09) •Ordinance on waste management (OG No. 23/07, 111/07) •Ordinance on methods and requirements for thermal treatment of waste (OG No. 45/07) •Ordinance on the methods and conditions for the landfill of waste, categories and operational requirements for waste landfills (OG No. 117/07)

•Ordinances on special waste categories (packaging, WEEE, waste oils,...)

LEGISLATION


INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

•Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction general policy, legislation + enforcement (inspection)Permits for Hazardous waste / Incineration

•Croatian Environment Agency – data, information system, reporting

•Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund – co-financing waste projects, organization of collection/recovery schemes (fee collection)

•21 County offices – regional self-government unitswaste management plans preparation, permits for non-hazardous waste

•429 municipalities / 127 towns – local self-government officesmeasures-municipal waste, separate collection

INSTITUTIONS


NATIONAL INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM -underway

-Last 5-6 years – numerous activities and measures in waste sector

large improvements

-Measures for increase of separate collection/ recovery - implementing(collection schemes and treatment facilities for special waste categories)

-Remediation of landfills and hot-spots - in progress

-Construction of waste management centres (WMC) – in preparation(network of max. 21 WMCs – to apply MBT+ waste to energy plant for City of Zagreb)

-Information system –developing

Economic instruments - introduced (charges for burdening environment with waste; fees for puting the certain products on the market)

STATUS


WASTE MANAGEMENTMUNICIPAL WASTE

MUNICIPAL WASTE

Produced in 2008

– 403 kg / inhabitant (1,788,311 t)

86% mixed municipal waste (2008)Landfilled, without treatment

Separate collection – improving(247 252 t in 2008) 14% Other municipal waste types, including bulky waste -not all for recovery

Population covered by organized collection - 93%



BIODEGRADABLE WASTE from municipal wasteAlmost all quantities landfilled1,088,196 t (2008)

-32000 t composted (green waste) 6 composting plants



HAZARDOUS WASTE

Estimated quantities – 213 000 t

Reported – 58 432 t (2008)No landfill, no public incinerator

Waste oils

(incineration /cement kilns)


SPECIAL WASTE CATEGORIES

for which concessions are given for collection and treatment / recovery

Ordinances adopted on:•packaging waste •waste tyres•waste oils •waste batteries and accumulators •end-of-life vehicles

•WEEE

-Fee collection from producers/importers of product, -compensation of expences for collection/treatment/recovery Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF)

New facilities for treatment/recovery put in operation

WASTE MANAGEMENTSPECIAL WASTE CATEGORIES



Tyres- max 30% from collected quantities to be used for energy purposes (cement kilns)

WEEE (2008)2009 - 3 kg/inh, 2010 – 4 kg/inh?

Waste oils (Lubricant)- 2008 - collected -7 058 t (39%) Recovery (cement kilns)


Other Special waste categories regulated by ordinances (2007/2008)•waste containing asbestos; medical waste; construction waste; wastewater treatment sludge when used in agriculture; polychlorinated biphenils and polychlorinated terphenils; waste from research and mining of mineral raw materials

Construction waste Recycling does not exceed 7%, poor data

Medical waste Autoclaving 81%

Wastewater treatment sludge 106 wastewater treatment plants, sludge management: -stored on site -landfilling

Animal by-product Collection and treatment by rendering plant 65000 t (2008)

PCB (transformers, condensors) – inventory building



No. of waste management permits

waste management permits


Transboundary movement of waste

transboundary movement of waste


Landfills – remediation in progress

-300 „official” landfills

Municipal Waste Landfills Remediation cost – 387 mil €financing by EPEEF (55%) and self-government units

2010:-92 municipal landfills remediated -649 wild dumpsites remediated

Transitional period requested for remediation of landfills for 2018 and for gradual reduction of biodegradable waste to 35% by 2020.

FACILITIES


Waste management centres (county, regional)

Max. 21 WMC (MBT + 1 waste to energy plant)mechanical biological treatment

Planned completion of construction - end of 2018

Planned investment - financing by EPEEF and EU funds (Pre-accession and Cohesion Fund)-up to 80%, 20% by local / regional self-govermnet units

-ISPA funds – 6 MEUR – Šibenik-Knin Couny – execution of works started-Preparation for IPA programme 2007-2009 – two locations approved (Primorje-Gorski kotar, Istra county – 13,2 MEUR)

FACILITIES


Economic instruments

Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF)extra-budgetary institution - finance environmental protection programmes and projects

The EPEEF collects different environmental charges as its own revenue, which includes -charges for burdening the environment with hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste. -collects or pay charges within specific waste streams collection/recovery schemes, prescribed in detail by different ordinances regulating special waste categories.

FACILITIES


CONCLUSION

Big efforts to cope with EU and national requirements

Objectives and targets fullfilment-Some already accomplished-Some will be hard to accomplish – e.g. diverting biodegradable waste from landfills

Important factors influencing the speed of fullfillment:- financing factor - social factor (education, public awareness, approach to public in project planning)

CONCLUSION


Data / reporting

CONCLUSION


Croatian Environment Agency (CEA)

CEA role – defined in Waste Act and sub-lawsResponsible for data gathering/ running info-system / reporting

CEA - Appointed as central institution which will coordinate reporting to the European Comission on the implementation of environmental legislation

CEA process the data and information on waste and waste flows:

COMPANIES and FACILITIES (permits / registers)

WASTE TYPES / QUANTITIES

(consignement forms, Waste inventory-KEO)

IMPORT / EXPORT

DOCUMENTS /PROJECTS /LEGISLATION

INDICATORS

CEA responsibilities


WASTE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM – developing

Data quality and quantity – improving

CEA Databases -Waste management permits register (on-line database)-Environment Emission Register (ROO) - data on generated, collected and waste recovered/disposed, by waste types (on-line data entry)-Landfill Inventory - GIS database-Waste Management Plans Database -Databases on special waste streams -Transboundary movement database

INFORMATION SYSTEM


Data collection

- data on waste - directed mostly to CEA

- some data on specific waste streams collected by Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund

- biannual statistical surveys on waste flows – Central Bureau of Statistics

- data on transboundary movement – Ministry

Problems: - Duplication of data collection - Poor data quality- Networking of competent institutions / information system development

Waste data collection


Data collection on waste types/quantities

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Data and information available:- Annual reports- On-line databases, www.azo.hr - On request (Catalog of information)

On CEA web pages www.azo.hr

Information on legislation, projects, waste management isssues, data, on-line databases, reports (pdf), guidelines


Annual reports- Annual report on waste produced and sent off-site (ROO, waste flows)- Annual reports on specific waste stream (ELVs, WEEE, batteries, waste oils, ..)- Annual report on transboundary waste movement - Preparation of Yearly report to the Basel convention- Annual report on waste management permits and registered companies- List of Laboratories…..

CEA Guidelines:-waste code determination, -R/D operation, -waste data keeping and reporting

Reporting


Indicator based: Annual publication: Environment in your pocketState of Environment Report (2010)

National List of Indicators – revision 2011- ongoing

Reporting


Thank you

Croatian Enivonment Agency Trg maršala Tita 8

Zagreb-10000 Croatia

Phone: + 385 1 4886 840

Fax: + 385 4826 173 e-mail: [email protected]

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