Workshop on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Republic of Croatia Workshop on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment INFRA 24057 Bratislava, 25-26 June 2007 http://www.mzopu.hr Author : Željko Stošić

Contens of the Presentation Introduction Competent authority EU Legislation Legislation for the WEEE management in RC Draft of WEEE Ordinance Conclusion

WEEE is being transported from recycle yards for citizens; collection centers within the actions of collecting bulky waste; regular collection of MW Estimation - total potential of WEEE from households, industry, health sector, administration and catering industry in the RC is amounts to 373.564 t

Estimated quantity of new EEE put on the market 55.000 - 60.000 t/y. Republic Croatia produces 30.000 - 45.000 t /year of e-waste (6.67 to 10.11 kg per capita) what is less than EU average Quantities increasing around 10% per year

Estimate of annual amount of waste Source: National Waste Management Strategy, September, 2005.

OFFICIAL BODIES IN CHARGE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS Parliament Government Waste Mngmnt. Coordination MEPPPC EPA EPEEF Central State Bodies Counties State Dept. in Local Authorities verticaly Envir. Protect. Departm. Municip. Cities

ORGANISATION OF MEPPPC Environmental Protection Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction (MEPPPC) Physical Planning Environmental Protection Inspection Construction Environment Inspection EPA EPEEF Directorate for Environmental Protection (Waste, Air - Climate, EIA Departments) Directorate for Strategic and Integration Proceses in Environmental Protection

DIRECTIVE 2002/96/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) DIRECTIVE 2002/95/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of ceratin hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment DIRECTIVE 2003/108/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 8 December 2003 amending DIRECTIVE 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) COMMISSION DECISION 2005/369/EC of 3 May 2005 laying down rules for monitoring compliance of Member States and establishing data formats for the purposes of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 1355)

WEEE management in RC legal system Waste Act (OG 178/04, 111/06) Ordinance on WEEE management (Ordinance on used electrical and electronic devices) RELATED ACTS Transport of Hazardous Substances Act (OG 97/93, 151/03) Regulation on categories, types and classification on waste with waste catalogue and list of hazardous substances (OG 50/05) Ordinance on waste management(OG 23/07) 2006/12/EC EU Directive on Waste Regulation on requirements for handling hazardous waste (OG 32/98) Regulation on supervision on transboundary movement of waste (OG 69/06) Ordinance on Type of waste (OG 27/96)

The NEW WEEE Ordinance aims to: reduce waste arising from electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) make producers of EEE responsible for the environmental impact of their products, especially when they become waste encourage separate collection and subsequent treatment, reuse, recovery, recycling and sound environmental disposal of EEE improve the environmental performance of all those involved during the lifecycle of EEE

GENERAL PROVISIONS PRODUCERS/SELLER OBLIGATION EEE WASTE MANAGEMENT IV. FEES IN WEEE MANAGEMENT V. FEE CALCULATION (collecting, treatment and disposal) VI. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

What will Producers need to do? OBLIGATIONS : be the registrated producer (via Fund ) cover the expenses (for collection, disposal and recovery) provde info. for users provide Information for treatment facilities deliver to the Fund the completed form data Product labeling

Producer and/or seller has to mark all new EEE with a crossed-out ‘wheelie bin’ symbol and producer’s mark

What will Collector need to do? OBLIGATIONS : ensure enough locations for collecting. take over WEEE from holder without charges take over WEEE directly from household. run register about quanity and i vrsti sakupljenog WEEE. transfer WEEE to treatener or export deliver data from the register to Fund and EEA

What will person provide treatment need to do? OBLIGATIONS : have the licence take over collected WEEE- from collector without any charges have appropriate storage for WEEE have register about quantity of WEEE send data to Fund and EEA

FUND Collector Treatment Export Producer or importer Seller distributors Collector holder Treatment households Export Fee Waste

Penalties under our national legislation Waste Act in Chapter VI, Penal Provisions Article 88 Amount of HRK 300,000.00 to 700,000.00 if (cca.41.000 EUR to 96.000 EUR) : the legal person does not collect, store and transport hazardous waste separately from other types of waste the legal person in the course of collecting municipal waste does not separate hazardous waste the legal person does not deliver waste whose valuable properties may be used for recovery or does not recover waste the legal person is a producer and does not plan production of the product and packaging, does not improve the production process by applying cleaner technologies in a way that enables efficient use of material and energy, does not encourage reuse and recycling of products, and does not take into consideration the most appropriate procedure for the recovery, treatment and/or landfilling of products whose shelf / operating life has expired, in order to reduce the adverse effects on the environment to the greatest extent possible the legal person is a producer and does not label and introduce users on essential characeristic of products the legal person is a producer of waste who independently performs recovery and/or disposal of waste without having obtained the licence the legal person exports hazardous waste without having obtained the decision the legal person whose concession is terminated for the reasons referred to in Article 60 paragraph 1 subparagraph 2 of this Act does not restore the prior condition, unless otherwise determined under the concession contract

Easy part - transposition, harmonization Heavy part - implementation Conclusion Easy part - transposition, harmonization Heavy part - implementation Material Composition of Different Categories of WEEE (% by weight) Category Ferrous Metals Non-Ferrous Metals Glass Plastics Other Large household appliances 61 7 3 8 21 Small household appliances 18 1 48 33 IT equipment 44 4 30 22 Telecommunications 13 74 6 Radio, TV etc 11 2 35 31 Gas discharge lamps 99

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