Workshop on recyclingWorkshop on recyclingTirana, 20-21 September 2011Tirana, 20-21 September 2011

Waste management in Croatia

Jasna KufrinJasna Kufrin

Head of Waste Department Head of Waste Department Croatian Environment AgencyCroatian Environment Agency

Teo ČolanTeo Čolan

Assistant Director Assistant Director Environmental Protection and Environmental Protection and

Energy Efficiency FundEnergy Efficiency Fund

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND

Content

• Introduction• Status of recycling• The five main challenges for

increased recycling• Current and planned

projects within recycling

Introduction / LegislationLEGISLATION

•Waste Management Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2005)•Waste Management Plan of the Republic of Croatia for 2007-2015

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

• 2 Regulations and 19 Ordinances

2004 - 2009 – transposition of EU legislation/waste – completed

Introduction / Legislation

INSTITUTIONS •Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction

general policy, legislation + enforcement (inspection)

•Croatian Environment Agency (CEA)data, information system, reporting

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

collection)

•Regional / local offices (env.prot.) in counties (21) and municipalities/towns (556):

waste management plans preparation, permits, measures-municipal waste, separate collection

Introduction / Current situation

Improvements in waste management:

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

• Remediation of landfills and hot-spots - in progress (2010: 92 municipal landfills remediated, 649 wild dumpsites remediated)

• Construction of waste management centres (WMC) – in preparation,

• Information system – developing

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

Status of recycling (1)MUNICIPAL WASTE

393 kg / inhabitant (1 743 211 t) - 2009

Coverage by organized collection: 93% ~ 200 collection companies

87% -mixed municipal waste - Landfilled, without treatment

separately collected fractions (bulky waste included) 227 873 t (13%) in 2009 – not all for recoveryImproving, but not enough

- Bins on public areas (paper, glass),- Recycling yards - Collection schemes for special waste categories

Status of recycling (2)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

Status of recycling (3)

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

Lubricant waste oils - cement kilns; Edible waste oils – material recovery

WEEE - 2010 – goal reached (4 kg/inh)

Status of recycling (4)Other Special waste categories regulated by ordinances (2007/2008)

• waste containing asbestos - collection from households for free, Cassetes constructed at landfills

• medical waste - autoclaving 81%

• construction waste - recycling does not exceed 7%, poor data

• wastewater treatment sludge when used in agriculture; - 106 wastewater treatment plants, sludge management: -stored on site or sent to landfills

• PCB containing transformers/condensors – inventory building

• waste from research and mining of mineral raw materials

• animal by-product -collection and treatment by rendering plant

Challenges for increased recycling

Improve waste prevention activities (awarenes raising, education, campaigns, information dissemination)

Improve separate collection / diversion from landfillingFurther development of separate collection schemes for specific waste

categories (collection schemes); recycling centres/green yards promotion; Measures for biodegradable waste diversion from landfills

Improving infrastructure for waste treatment(building WM centres, recycling yards/transfer stations, other facilities..)

Challenges for increased recycling (2)

Encourage projects streaming to increase recycling or generation of market for different waste streams

Improve availability of data and information – information system building, information dissemination

Implement economic instruments – already introduced (charges, fees, co-financing by EPEEF)

Projects – current / planned

1. Waste management centres (county, regional) – to be constructed by end 2018 (based on MBT + 1 WtE plant)

2. Further co-financing of various projects by EPEEF directed to •Prevention and minimization•Construction of WM centres•Recovery / recycling•Cleaner production

3. Other initiatives i.e. Utilisation of waste for energy purpose – recognized potential for cogeneration plants on biomass

Data and information

Data on waste management – waste quantities, legislation, projects, annual reports on waste management(Croatian / English) www.azo.hr

Information on procedures and details on special waste categories management(Croatian)

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