1. Workshop on recycling Tirana, 20-21 September 2011 Waste management in Croatia Jasna Kufrin Head of Waste Department Croatian Environment Agency Teo Čolan Assistant Director Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND

2. Content Introduction Status of recycling The five main challenges for increased recycling Current and planned projects within recycling

3. Introduction / Legislation LEGISLATION 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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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 recovery Improving, but not enough - Bins on public areas (paper, glass), - Recycling yards - Collection schemes for special waste categories

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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

10. Challenges for increased recycling  Improve waste prevention activities (awarenes raising, education, campaigns, information dissemination)  Improve separate collection / diversion from landfilling Further 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..)

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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) www.fzoeu.hr THANK YOU