Republic of Slovenia – Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia SLOVENIA: REPORTING ON WASTE MANAGEMENT Eva Lipovž-Ančik, M.Sc. Environmental Agency of Republic of Slovenia Waste Management Section 21. July 2009, Sofia (BG) TAIEX – Infra 32644

Reporting on Waste Management  Introduction  Structure of National Waste Legislation  Reporting on Waste Management in Slovenia  Conclusions Source:

INTRODUCTION: Waste Management – Closing the Loop producer of WASTE collector treater new product carrier RECOVERY/ RECYCLING DISPOSAL PROCESSES ANNUAL REPORTING ON QUANTITIES !

Material Flow Control Waste-transfer Form:  responsibility of waste producer/holder  kept for min 5 years  valid when signed by producer/holder and treater  with each shipment of hazard. waste  max 30 days after shipping non- hazardous waste  not necessary for municipal waste!  “contents”:  producer, collector/treater, carrier  type of waste, quantity, physical characteristics, type of packaging, site of origin, site of treating  date and location of handing waste over from who to whom

STRUCTURE OF NATIONAL WASTE LEGISLATION The Rules on Waste Management (OG RS 84/98, 45/00, 20/01, 13/03, 41/04) The Decree on Waste Management (OG RS 34/08) Waste Directive 2008/98/EC Special regulations for particular wastes packaging, mineral oils, EEE, construction waste, … Waste treatment R/D processes, combustion, mobile facilities, … Shipment of waste import, export, transit Public waste services national/local level Environmental taxes packaging, landfilling, …

ANNUAL REPORTING ON WASTE MANAGEMENT  reporting till for last calendar year by:  producer (>10 tons of non-haz. waste or/and >5 kgs of haz. waste)  collector  treater  public waste service (municipal waste)  operator of landfill  organized by Environmental Agency (EA) and Statistical Office (SO):  cooperation since 2003: just one reporting per reporting unit more economical data analyzing  problem: differences in quantities of waste produced/ collected/ treated between EA and SO (extrapolation of collected data to a 100% reporting response)  reporting forms send to reporting units and accessible on EA-web site (

PRODUCER of Waste  obligation for reporting if:  > 10 tons of non-hazardous waste or/and  > 5 kgs of hazardous waste  reporting about:  type of waste (EWC code), total quantity of waste produced (quantity from last year + stock from year before that)  internal waste management: recovery disposal temporary storage  waste, handed over to others: from Slovenia (to whom) from EU/third countries

COLLECTOR of Waste  obligation for reporting, regardless of quantities collected  reporting about:  type of waste (EWC code), total quantity of waste collected (quantity from last year from Slovenia and foreign countries + stock from year before that)  management of waste collected: temporary storage handed over to others (treaters, collectors!) in Slovenia handed over to non-Slovenian companies (EU, third countries)

TREATER of Waste  obligation for reporting, regardless of treated quantities  reporting about:  type of waste (EWC code), total quantity of waste collected (quantity from last year from Slovenia and foreign countries + stock from year before that)  treating of waste: temporary storage recovery (which R-code) disposal (which D-code) handed over to a collector (!)

PUBLIC WASTE SERVICE – municipal waste  obligation for reporting, regardless of collected quantities:  just EWC subgroup and group 20 (pre-printed forms)  if collection of other waste => extra permit and separate reporting  reporting about:  total quantity of waste collected: quantity from households, industry, other public waste services  if collecting in different municipalities: total quantity of waste collected in each municipality  treating of waste: landfilling, hazardous waste landfill, temporary storage, export handed over for disposal/recovery (to which company) handed over to a collector (which one) handed over to a packaging waste scheme

OPERATOR OF LANDFILL  obligation for reporting, regardless of quantities  reporting about:  type of waste (EWC code)  total quantity of dumped waste: quantities collected by themselves (as public waste service), quantities taken over from other public waste services, quantities brought in directly by waste producers  treating of waste: landfilling, storage handed over for disposal/recovery: to which treater for which treating process (R/D code), export for handed over to a collector (which one) using waste for surface sealing of landfill handed over to a packaging waste scheme

ANALYZING DATA  Statistical Office:  processing of data collected (=> raw analyzed data)  elimination of critical errors (checking each received report)  Environmental Agency:  analyzing data, prepared by Statistical Office  separate analysis of produced, collected and treated waste  “RESULTS”:  public information  different usage: Environmental Indicators supporting Environmental Ministry to prepare Operational Programs reporting to EU about managing different waste

Waste Management in (Source: ) Produced Waste (t) Recovered Waste (t) Disposed Waste (t)

CONCLUSIONS  excellent reporting response (100%) for public waste services (59 reporting units) and operators of landfills (67 reporting units)  app. 90% reporting response for waste producers (7443 reporting units), waste collectors (320 reporting units) and waste treaters (215 reporting units)  problems, connected to waste producers:  avoidance of reporting obligation  public institutions, trade companies, services providing companies, … => incorrect classification of waste as mixed municipal waste (EWC: ) leads to loosing material flow

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