Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 EEA / CRI / REC Country Visit Zagreb, 14 March 2011 WASTE MANAGEMENT Republic of Croatia Jasna Kufrin, B.Sc., Head of Waste Department Croatian Environment Agency

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 Legislation / institutional framework Waste quantities and management / Specific waste streams Facilities Data / Reporting CONTENT

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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 (OG No. 85/2007) POLICY

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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 units waste management plans preparation, permits for non-hazardous waste 429 municipalities / 127 towns – local self-government offices measures-municipal waste, separate collection INSTITUTIONS

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 WASTE MANAGEMENT MUNICIPAL WASTE MUNICIPAL WASTE Produced in 2008 – 403 kg / inhabitant (1,788,311 t) 86% mixed municipal waste (2008) Landfilled, without treatment Separate collection – improving ( t in 2008) 14% Other municipal waste types, including bulky waste -not all for recovery Population covered by organized collection - 93%

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 WASTE MANAGEMENT MUNICIPAL WASTE BIODEGRADABLE WASTE from municipal waste Almost all quantities landfilled 1,088,196 t (2008) t composted (green waste) 6 composting plants

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 WASTE MANAGEMENT MUNICIPAL WASTE HAZARDOUS WASTE Estimated quantities – t Reported – t (2008) No landfill, no public incinerator Waste oils (incineration /cement kilns)

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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 MANAGEMENT SPECIAL WASTE CATEGORIES

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 WASTE MANAGEMENT SPECIAL WASTE CATEGORIES Tyres- max 30% from collected quantities to be used for energy purposes (cement kilns) WEEE (2008) kg/inh, 2010 – 4 kg/inh? Waste oils (Lubricant) collected t (39%) Recovery (cement kilns)

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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 t (2008) PCB (transformers, condensors) – inventory building WASTE MANAGEMENT SPECIAL WASTE CATEGORIES

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 No. of waste management permits waste management permits

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 Transboundary movement of waste transboundary movement of waste

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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 FACILITIES

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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 – two locations approved (Primorje- Gorski kotar, Istra county – 13,2 MEUR) FACILITIES

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 Data / reporting CONCLUSION

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 Croatian Environment Agency (CEA) CEA role – defined in Waste Act and sub-laws Responsible 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 Data collection on waste types/quantities

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March Data and information available: -Annual reports -On-line databases, -On request (Catalog of information) On CEA web pages Information on legislation, projects, waste management isssues, data, on-line databases, reports (pdf), guidelines

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 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

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 Indicator based: Annual publication: Environment in your pocket State of Environment Report (2010) National List of Indicators – revision ongoing Reporting

Country Visit EEA/CRI/REC Zagreb, 14 March 2011 Thank you Croatian Enivonment Agency Trg maršala Tita 8 Zagreb Croatia Phone: Fax: