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project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous Waste Management

08th of March 2016 Twinning Improvement of hazardous waste management in the Republic of Serbia - IHWMS - SR 13 IB EN 02

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Recommendations – Towards a Circular Economy (1) 1.

Establish the Environmental Protection Fund as a separate non-profit organisation under supervision of the MoE for  co-financing the infrastructure for hazardous waste management  financing the remediation of historically contaminated sites  financing the disposal/treatment of historical hazardous waste

stock-piles

2.

Implementation of extended producer responsibility (collective schemes) for all waste types for which EU requirements exist (WEEE, batteries, ELV); should be foreseen in the new waste management law

3.

Full transposition of EU waste management legislation until the end of 2018 2

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project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Recommendations – Towards a Circular Economy (2) 4.

Implement the polluter-pays-principle for collection and treatment of hazardous waste (no subsidies) and for the remediation of environmental damage caused by illegal activities

5.

Collection and management of all hazardous waste is necessary  Strong enforcement of waste owner obligations

6.

Exception from polluter-pays-principle by subsidies only in exceptional cases, e.g. the for the environmentally sound management of obsolete stockpiles of pesticides

3

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project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Institutional framework, distribution of responsibilities and the administrative set-up

4

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

AUSTRIA

5

This

project

is

Ministry of Agriculture and

funded by the EU

Environmental Protection

Administrative levels National = Federal Level Germany

Czech Republic Principle responsibility for hazardous waste Permitting / inspection delegated to provinces

99Provinces 9Provinces Provinces

74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 95 Districts Districts

Austria

Switzerland Italy 5 0

10

20

30

40

50 km

Slovakia

74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts 74 Districts Slovenia 74 Districts 74 2,100 Communities / 74Districts Districts Municipalities

Hungary

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Distribution of competences Federal level  Hazardous waste in general  Wastes for which producer responsibility has implemented (ELV, packaging waste, WEEE, batteries)  Permitting of waste treatment plants

been

Province level  Any other matter of waste management, including municipal waste management Indirect Federal Administration  Federal authority is delegated to competent authorities and administrative bodies at province level. Direct Federal Administration  Transfrontier shipment of waste and special waste streams under producer responsibility principle 7

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Inspection The governor of the province is obliged to inspect regularly  producers of hazardous wastes  waste collectors (every 5 years)  waste treatment plants (every 5 years). The governor of the province may delegate the implementation of inspections of treatment plants to the district administration body. If the inspection incurs exceptional costs, in particular due to the consultation of experts, the inspected persons/companies may be held liable for reimbursement of such costs, if the inspection has given reason to initiate an administrative procedure and results in a legally binding punishment. The authority can decide whether a material, good, or product is declared waste and has to be treated as waste in order to prevent impairments of the public interest. 8

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Measures in case of non-compliance – who has to carry the costs? 1. owner of the waste - the owner of a plant.

2. owner of the property 3.a Municipality in the case of municipal waste

3.b The authority implements the measures after prior consent of the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Environment provides the funds 9

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Implementation of measures – upcoming developments

 A preferential lien (right to distraint) on the property will be

granted to the Federal Authority in order to cover the costs for measures carried out by the authority.  The competent authority will be entitled to confiscate waste

and have it removed to an intermediate storage if the waste collection and treatment does not comply with the provisions of the Waste Management Act (relevant for endof-life vehicles and transfrontier waste shipment). 10

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Stakeholder involvement

 Active involvement of stakeholders in working groups where

upcoming legislation and waste management plans are discussed.  Stakeholder feedback is requested on practical aspects of

the enforcement of waste legislation  Stakeholders are informed extensively and timely about

new legislation in public seminars and workshops

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

GERMANY

12

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Administrative levels

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Administrative levels

Federal Gov. Statues of Counties on collection, transportation, disposal of wastes from private households and wastes for disposal from other sources; Possible exclusion of hazardous wastes from the Counties’ duties because of their kind, amount or condition

Constitution: federal system (Art. 20) and responsibilities and legislative duties of State and Countries (Art. 70 to 82); Laws and Sub-Regulations on waste management by BMUB

16 Countries

13 territorial

Constitution; Laws and Sub-Regulations to enforce the federal Laws and Regulations (competencies, fees, special waste management items which are not part of federal legislation)

Gov. Districts (19 in BY, BW, HE, NW) 3 Cities

295 Counties

11.091 Communities

107 Countyfree Cities

14

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

changes of administrative structure by reunification and concentration of communities Communities Number of communities in city-countries

15

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Administrative structure in Saxony-Anhalt

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Assignment of competencies  Federal level:  BMUB: Waste prevention program  Federal Agency of Environment: some special tasks in connection with

waste shipments; take-back-obligations (WEEE, batteries); report duties

 Countries (ST) highest authority:  MoAE: none (current state)  State Agency for Environmental Protection: certified waste disposal

plants; duty of consultation; allocation of identification numbers for notification procedures; licensing of seminars to obtain special expertise

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This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Assignment of competencies (ST) either to upper or to lower administration authorities  Country’s upper State Administration Authority:  Waste management plans (subject to reorganisation)  Notification procedure in case of waste shipments according the EU-

Regulation 1013/2006  Voluntary take-back of hazardous wastes

 Country’s lower Counties’ Administration Authority:  self-administration of the Municipalities (conceded wastes from private

households and disposal wastes from other sources except excluded waste, consultation duties in this connection)  Waste management concepts and balances  Notification or licensing of waste collectors/transporters, dealers/brokers  Waste classification in single cases 18

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Assignment of competencies (ST) to upper and lower administration authorities  Licensing of waste management plants depending on the kind of plant and

the capacity (Only the licensing of landfills is part of the waste management legislation, licensing of other waste treatment plants is part of the legislation for immission control or for construction. The licensing of backfilling of surface mining areas with wastes belongs to the legislation for mining or for nature preservation)  Supervision and control, in line with licensing procedure

 Registration, for disposal/recovery plants in line with licensing procedure,

for others: Municipalities  Duties according to the organisation of enterprises, in line with licensing

procedure  Notification procedure for internal waste shipments

19

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

POLAND

20

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

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This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Administrative structure - PL. There are three levels of administrative structure in Poland: 

regions (called województwo)



sub-regions (called powiat)



municipalities (called gmina)

In Poland there are 16 regions. Each region is divided into sub-regions (380 units). Sub-regions are divided into municipalities (2478 units).

22

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Legislative competences - PL The legislative initiative belongs to: 

Government, in particular Minister of Environment,



Parliament



public - according to the Constitution of Republic of Poland legislative initiative can also be undertaken by 100.000 citizens

23

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Legislative competences - PL. Types of waste management legislation:   

directly binding EU legislation e.g. regulation of Council and European Parliament adopted on EU level primary legislation – acts on law adopted by the Parliament secondary legislation – ministerial ordinance enacted by minister responsible for particular issues

The self-government (regional, sub-regional and municipality) cannot adopt legislation.

24

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Permitting - PL. Permitting in the field of waste management:  marshal – head of self-government on regional level (województwo)  starosta – head of self-government on sub-regional level (powiat)  wójt, burmistrz or prezydent miasta – heads of self-government on municipality level (gmina)  Permits for treatment of waste are issued by starosta (sub-regional

level). If waste treatment facility requires IPPC permit, it is issued by marshall (regional level).  Regional and sub-regional governments are responsible for waste management of all types of waste, except for household waste.  Household waste management is responsibility of municipality.

25

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Enforcement - PL  Inspection of Environmental Protection, central

administration body supervised by the Minister of the Environment: - to control the compliance with environmental legislation, - to monitor the state of environment.  Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection –

headquarters based in Warsaw  16 Regional Inspectorates of Environmental Protection – based in each of the regions

26

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Enforcement - PL. regional inspectorates perform inspections in facilities, including waste treatment and collection sites:  enter economic entities with equipment and experts necessary to perform inspection,  enter other entities 24h/day,  enter means of transport (but cannot stop them, cooperation with police or traffic inspectors needed),  take samples and carry out analysis to check the state of environment,  stop the facility if this is necessary for analysis or sampling,  request any documents, written or oral information, including interrogation.

27

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Waste shipments.  One competent authority for waste shipments – Chief

Inspector of Environmental Protection responsible for - notification procedures - dealing with illegal shipments. Control of waste shipments is responsibility of:  regional inspectors of environmental protection – inspections of facilities importing waste  border police and customs – external borders of the EU (Ukraine, Belarus and Russian Federation, seaports and airports)  traffic inspectors – road controls.

28

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Organization of collection and treatment

29

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

AUSTRIA

30

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous Household Waste

Responsibility of the Municipalities

31

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous Waste from Industry and Commerce

© Umweltbundesamt

© Fa. PUT

© ABRG

Hazadous waste management is carried out by the private sector within strict regulatory framework 32

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

GERMANY

33

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous wastes from households  Municipalities are responsible for collection/transportation and

treatment/recovery/disposal  Collection/transportation is realised in pick-up or bring system

 Municipalities usually are not operators of waste management

plants, so treatment/recovery/disposal is usually subcontracted to private waste management facilities (wide range of private enterprises for waste management activities) 34

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous wastes from other sources  For collection/transportation and treatment of wastes for

recovery, the owner of the waste is responsible  For collection/transportation and treatment of wastes for disposal, the Municipality is responsible (except in case of disposal in own plants) but can – and do usually – exclude this duty from the self-administration tasks  In case of exclusion, also the owner of the waste is responsible  appr. 150 hazardous waste management plants in SaxonyAnhalt (incineration, chemical-physical, mechanical or biological treatment, temporary storage, underground landfill, stowage of former underground salt mines

35

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Waste management structure in Saxony-Anhalt Amount [Mg/2014]

soil treatment other plants incineration landfill temporary storage

6,4 11,1 4,1 8,3 4,6

% % % % %

recycling underground stowage chem-phys-treatment underground landfill

18,5 27,9 15,6 3,5

% % % %

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Transportation of hazardous wastes enterprises for collecting/transportation of hazardous wastes and all enterprises which are dealer/broker of hazardous wastes need an approval from the competent authority  Requirements: 

 



exceptions from the duty for an approval (instead the intended activity has to be announced/notified) concerning hazardous wastes especially in the following cases:   



reliability: no offences against legislative areas, especially environmental ones special knowledge: education, experiences, seminars (basic and further education) which have to be approved by the authority

enterprises who act not on a commercial basis, e.g. manufacture enterprises which carry hazardous wastes from maintaining/repair measures to their sites or to disposal plants enterprises which fulfil take-back obligations certified enterprises.

A-sign during transportation

37

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

POLAND

38

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous waste collection from households – PL. Responsibility of municipality: Network of stationary collection points to collect certain streams of hazardous waste that may be generated in private households:  out dated pharmaceuticals and chemicals 

WEEE



batteries and accumulators



construction and demolishing waste.

Min. one collection point in a municipality – address published on its website.

39

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Waste collection and storage – PL. Waste shall be collected in a selective manner. Infectious medical waste, mixed household waste, sewage sludge is collected only at the place of generation. Waste collectors shall obtain a permit. Waste can be stored not longer than 3 years. Waste destined for landfilling can be stored no longer that one year. Maximum storage time (3 years or one year in case of D10 operation) is calculated for all waste holders together.

40

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

ELVs collection. Requirement of ELVs collection network:  in each of 16 regions there has to be at least 3 dismantlig facilities or collection points but at minimum one dismantling facility an 2 collection points located in different towns – for importers or producers marketing >1000 vehicles/year  at territory of Poland there has to be at least 3 dismantlig facilities or collection points but at minimum one dismantling facility an 2 collection points located in different towns – for importers or producers marketing 10.2

>7.8

total Total hazardous waste from households

10.3 14.1

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Total hazardous waste generation (2013) Hazardous waste generation 2013 in kg/cap

Austria 17 Hazardous construction and demolition waste

SaxonyAnhalt

Germany

Poland

24

101

80

7

7

6

10

2

19 Wastes from waste treatment

23

76

364

10

13 Oil wastes

32

17

16

4

07 Waste from organic chemical processes

10

14

22

2

12 Wastes from shaping and surface treatment of metals and plastics

34

13

23

2

Other hazardous waste types

21

46

76

22

144

267

581

47

of which asbestos (170605)

Total

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous waste treatment in Austria Treatment technique

Market share

Incineration

20 %

Chemical-physical treatment

50 %

Asbestos landfilling

5%

Export (for underground landfilling or treatment) 25 %

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This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous waste treatment in Germany Treatment technique

Market share

Landfilling (including recovery as closing measures)

22.7 %

Chemical physical treatment

18.7 %

Thermal treatment

17.7 %

Underground stowage

8.3 %

Soil treatment

5.6 %

Treatment of construction wastes

4.4 %

WEEE & ELV dismantling

4.3 %

Other

18.3 %

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous waste treatment in Poland Treatment technique

Number of facilities

Hazardous waste landfills

49

Asbestos landfilling

35

Chemical-physical treatment Hazardous waste incinerators

4

Export (mercury waste, PCB transformers for disposal, other waste for recovery)

39 permits for 256.000 t

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Specific legislation

66

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

AUSTRIA

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This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Legislation on mobile treatment plants  Mobile treatment plant < 6 months at same site (except

remediation)

 Mobile hazardous waste treatment plants + major changes

need a permit

 The permit application must specify general criteria which

are to be fulfilled by a site on which the plant may operate



Permit is granted when :  Life and health of human beings are not endangered.  Neighbours are not molested beyond a reasonable degree.  Best available techniques are applied.  Other public interests are considered with due diligence. 68

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Legislation on mobile treatment plants (2)

 „Self“-inspection by independent authorised experts every 5

years  If the public interests are not sufficiently protected at a

certain site the authority shall order suitable measures or interdict operation.

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Authorised experts Persons or institutions that carry out biological, chemical and physical tests 

accredited bodies



federal or provincial bodies,



legally authorised bodies, or



civil engineers in the relevant field of expertise and chemical laboratories,

provided that  they participate in inter-laboratory tests in accordance with the

state of the art  only validated methods are used, and  a quality assurance system has been established. 70

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Specific legislation on IPPC waste treatment plants

The Austrian waste management act specifies the requirements

for IPPC waste treatment plants. These include:  Additional documents for the permitting such as descriptions  of the anticipated emissions,

 of the prevention of emissions and  of

anticipated

significant

impacts

of

the

emissions

on

the

environment

 The application for authorisation of an IPPC treatment plant

shall be made public in two daily newspapers 71

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

GERMANY

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous waste management legislation  Producers responsibility  Federal Laws besides Cycle Management Law on:  electric and electronic equipment,  batteries,  intended for valuable material (collecting material similar to packaging)  Federal regulations on basis of Cycle Management Law on:  ELV  Waste oil  Halogenated solvents  Chemicals harmful for ozone shield (Halon)  Chemicals harmful for climate change (fluorinated greenhouse gases)

 Underground stowage of wastes  Priority of metal recovery (limit values)  Limit values for unmixed wastes (exception: natural background

concentration, salt mines with long-term security proof)

73

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous waste stream legislation  Waste oil regulation  Take-back and give-back obligation, labelling

 Priority of recovery of waste oil to basic oil (limit values PCB)  General prohibition of mixing waste oil with other wastes, PCB-waste oil or

waste oil of various collecting categories

 Waste wood regulation  Waste wood categories A I to A IV, PCB waste wood, separation duty  Limit values for use of waste wood for recycling products, self control,

additional control by authorised institution  Prohibition of landfilling waste wood

 PCB/PCT waste regulation (in addition to EC-Regulation

850/2004)

 Duty of disposal (D8, D9, D10, D12, D15) of PCB and PCB-waste (50 mg/kg)  Separation  Additional registration of kind, amount and source of PCB

74

This

project

is

funded by the EU

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Specific legislation on operators of waste management activities  Duty to appoint responsible person for waste management

installations and for certain waste producers  .Qualified (certified) Approval or announcement duty for waste management enterprises

waste collectors/transporters and waste dealers/brokers

Landfill regulation

Minimum requirements on special knowledge gained from seminars and further education (approval by authority)  .Qualified (certified) Eco Management and waste management enterprises

Audit Scheme

Privileg concerning  Announcement duties on operational structure  Appointment of responsible persons  Measurements, functional and security checks 75

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Specific legislation on licensing and control 

Landfills according to waste management legislation   



treatment and storage plants according to legislation on immission control     



Differentiation: fully and simplified legislation procedure Permit has to be granted if the legislative requirements are fulfilled exception for plants < 12 months on the same place is not applicable for waste management installations financial security/guarantee State of the art (BREF)

Plants for stowage of surface and underground mining areas 



Plan approval process financial security/guarantee for processes after closing, reclamation State of the art

According mining legislation or legislation on nature conservation

Control according IE-Directive 2010/75/EC and others 



IE: Supervision plan  supervision program (regular supervision once every 1, 2 or 3 years, criteria for classification of all IE-waste management installations, occassional supervision, common supervision) Others: not more than IE-installations 76

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

POLAND

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Mobile facilities (1)  There are no provisions referring directly and exclusively to

mobile treatment plants in the existing legislation in Poland.  Waste can be treated in facilities or by means of equipment.  Facility is a stationary technical device or set of devices connected technologically that may cause emissions.  Equipment is defined as non-stationary technical device.  Facility or equipment for waste treatment shall function in

full compliance with environmental legislation and shall not cause the violation of emission standard

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Mobile facilities (2)  Facilities and waste treatment equipments are subject to

the same requirements as regards permitting, inter alia:  indication of the place where the waste will be treated,  indication of place and conditions of storage of waste,  description of activities to undertake in case of termination of waste

treatment including the protection of the area where waste treatment has taken place.

 It may indicate stationary character of facility and/or

equipment

79

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Recovery outside facilities (1)  Waste which can be recovered outside facilities and devices

and recovery process.  Ordinance of he Minister on Environment of 11.05.2015 of

the type of waste which can be recovered outside facilities (OJ 2015/796)  080317* - waste toner and ink – for repair or refilling of cartridges

(R11)  170503*

- soil remediation (R5)

and

stones

cont.

dangerous

substances

–

for

 170505* – dredging spoil containing dangerous substances - for

remediation (R5)

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Recovery outside facilities (2)  090111* - single use camera – dismantling of WEEE (R12)  160212* - WEEE cont. asbestos – dismantling of WEEE

(R12)  160213* - WEEE cont. other hazardous components

–

dismantling of WEEE in (R12)  160215* - hazardous components dismantled from WEEE –

dismantling of WEEE (R12)  200135* – WEEE cont. dangerous substances - dismantling

of WEEE (R12)

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous waste specific rules (1)  Medical waste.

It is forbidden to recover medical waste. Infectious medical waste shall only be disposed of by incineration in waste incinerators. It is not allowed to incinerate such waste in coincineration facilities e.g. cement kilns etc. Before permitting facility for incineration of medical waste, positive opinion of sanitary inspection must be obtained.

82

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Hazardous waste specific rules (2)  PCB waste.

It is forbidden to recover PCB. PCB shall be disposed of through incineration. Waste containing PCB can be treated if PCB content has been eliminated. If such an elimination is not possible PCB waste shall be disposed of as pure PCB.  Waste oil.

Waste oil shall be collected separately if technically feasible. Waste oils of different characteristics cannot be mixed if this could impair recovery process. Waste oils shall be regenerated in the first place. (regeneration means refining of used oil to get rid of contaminants and products of oxidizing processes).

83

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Overcoming “not in my back-yard”  town hall meetings with respected experts

 take into account the concerns of the population during

plant design  implementation

of

reasonable

proposals

from

the

population  application of emission limitation techniques beyond the

standard of best available techniques  strict emission limits and continuous emission measurement  a

tight schedule of “self”-inspections by independent experts and environmental inspections by experts of the public authority 84

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Overcoming “not in my back-yard” (2)  participation

in a certified environmental management

scheme  publication of the continuously measured emissions on

internet or on public screens in town centres  continuous measurements of key immissions  benefits provided for the neighbouring population such as

remediation of existing pollutions or district heat  appealing plant design  illustration of the benefits provided by the plant 85

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Informing the hazardous waste management sector (1)  EU-BREF documents + Federal Waste Management Plan

 definition of best available techniques

 Government internet-sites  Vocational training at universities on waste management +

process/chemical engineering

 Regular conferences

 Professional magazines and norms  Information by waste management/commercial associations  the Austrian Water and Waste Management Association (ÖWAV)

 the Austrian Association of Waste Treatment Companies (VÖEB)  the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) 86

This

Informing the hazardous waste management sector (2) project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

 The Austrian Water and Waste Management Association

(ÖWAV) provides an education and training program comprising  Seminars  Courses on waste treatment plants  Specialized training for executives.

 Conferences (including the annual Austrian Waste Management

Conference).

 The training is financed by the participation fees. The

participation in a one day seminar typically costs 400 € for the general public, 220 € for members of the ÖWAV and 25 € for students.

87

This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

“Not in my backyard” issues – PL.  Local solutions required.  Careful location of facilities in industrial rather that  

 -

residential area. Information campaigns carried out by facility operators. Transparency in undertaking actions. dialogue with local communities: “open door day” at facilities - local community and media invited to visit facility, environmentally oriented activities in schools sponsored by facilities, etc.

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This

project

funded by the EU

is

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Informing waste management sector - PL  Websites of inspectorate and ministry with dedicated

waste sections  Articles in sectorial magazines and popular

newspapers  Educational campaigns in media (e.g. TV spots)  ESM competitions and awards for industry  Participation in waste management fairs and

conferences

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Key success factors for Austria’s Hazardous Waste Management System  Establishment of a fund for the remediation of historical

contaminated sites.

 financed through fees on waste treatment activities (landfill,

incineration)

 used as an instrument to speed up the adaptation of

(hazardous) waste management to the state-of-the-art,

 used to achieve environmental policy goals (circular economy).

 Close monitoring of hazardous waste from generation to final

treatment, by implementing a shared IT-system.

 Establishment of a public investment fund for co-financing of

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Key success factors for Saxony-Anhalt for transition of Waste Management System to EU standards 

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Use of sufficient amounts of funds (private and additional public from the general budget, administrated by entities of public administration) to build the infrastructure for hazardous waste management in a short time period; amendment on the relevant state of the art and the needs Closing of plants with transitional time periods (esp. landfills) Subsidies were granted for investments into waste management infrastructure; decreasing up to now; currently only for innovative ideas Still ongoing: Fund for the remediation of contaminated sites (~“historical hazardous waste”); money comes from the general budget of federal gov. and Country Flexibility to adapt the administrative set up of the public administration to changed conditions or new challenges whenever necessary The public administration disposes of legislative measures in order to avoid distortions of the free market, especially options (which have not been used) to impose on waste generators the obligation to deliver hazardous waste to certain plants  To oblige waste generators to concede wastes to special institutions which decide about disposal 

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Key success factors for Poland’s Hazardous Waste Management System  Establishment of the National Environmental Protection Fund, as a

separate entity, not a part of State Administration.

 Collected fees are earmarked for environmental protection and are

administrated by the EPF.

 Limitation of the budget-share dedicated to self-administration of the

EPF.

 Subsidies are granted to investments into waste management

infrastructure, not to recycling/disposal activities (with a few clearly defined exceptions e.g. illegal shipments of waste, waste from accidents).

 Subsidies are used to achieve the goals laid down in the waste

management plans. Investment plans give strict guidance how to prioritise subsidies for investments.

 High transparency how the funds are administrated and how subsidies

are granted (established in ordinance of Minister of Environment).

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Ms. Brigitte KARIGL

Environment Austria

Protection

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Mr. Hubert REISINGER

Environment Austria

Protection

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Mr. Stefan BEHREND

Ministry for Environmental Saxony-Anhalt

Ms. Magda GOSK

Inspectorate of Protection, Poland

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