Problems with hazardous waste and its management

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1 Ministry of Agruculture and Environmental protection of Republic of Serbia Problems with hazardous waste and its management Twinning project Improvement of hazardous waste management in RS - IHWMS by IPA 2013

2 LEGAL FRAMEWORK 150 environmetal legal acts (laws, bylaws: regulations, rulebooks ) Law on Waste Management, Law on Packaging and Packaging Waste, Waste Mamagement Strategy 52 By-laws Additional transposition of a limited number of provisions is required. Institutional arrangements Ministry in charge for the environment and other competent ministries; competent body of the autonomous province of Vojvodina (Provincial secretariat in charge for EP); competent body of the local self-government unit; Environmental Protection Agency-SEPA; Organizations-laboratories for testing of the waste. 2

3 STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS In the National Sustainable Development Strategy- NSDS (adopted in 2008) the sector objectives for waste management are introduced National Programme for Environmental Protection NPEP (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 12/10), is a cross-cutting national strategy, covering the whole environmental sector, including waste management. The National Environmental Approximation Strategy (EAS) was adopted in October According to the EAS, the core approach to approximation in the waste sector comprises the continued implementation of the National Waste Management Strategy. According to the National Programme for Adoption of the Acquis Communautaire ( ), the new Law on Waste Management is planned, which will redefine competences regarding questions of special waste flows. In the Serbia 2013 Progress Report states: Although there has been significant progress in waste management sector in terms of harmonized legislation, the implementation is still a challenge.

4 IMPLEMENTATION STATUS STRATEGIES AND PLANS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) for providing the strategic framework and planning tools for municipal solid waste management. Establishment of Regional Waste Management Systems Draft amendments to NWMS completed in 2014 (EISP project)/planned adoption 2015 Providing a timeline & define the main instruments/measures to secure alignment with and implementation of the EU waste legislation. Draft DSIP developed in 2014 (EISP project)/ completition and adoption 2016 (IPA 2013) includes assessment of required infrastructure, costs of implementation, financing possibilities 4

5 WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY SHOT-TERM OBJECTIVES ( ) Harmonize national regulations in the sphere of waste management with the EU legislation-on going; Adopt national plans for certain waste flows-on going, five National Plans is finished and prepared for adoption; Develop regional and local waste management plans by 2013-on going; Increase number of citizens included in the system for waste collection to 75 % by on going; Develop the system of primary selection of waste in local self-management authorities-on going; Establish 12 regional centers for waste management by 2013 (regional waste areas, plants for the selection of recyclable waste, plants for separation of recyclable waste, plants for a biological treatment of waste and transfer stations in every region)- on going; Establish the system of hazardous waste management (establish central regional warehouses-storages of hazardous waste and start the construction of the plant for physical chemical treatment of t hazardous waste by 2013)- on going; 5

6 SHORT-TERM OBJECTIVES ( ) Establish the system for the management of special waste flows (waste tyres, used batteries and accumulators, waste oils, vehicles waste, electrical and electronic products waste) allmost done but for some specific waste streams is on going; Establish the system for the management of medical and pharmaceutical waste- in short term period, allmost done but in long term period, still on going; Establish the system for the management of waste of animal origin and adopt a regulation in relation to that)- on going; Encourage the use of waste as an alternative fuel in cement plants, steelworks plant and thermal plants, in accordance with the principle of waste hierarchy)- on going; Improve the sanitary conditions of current waste areas that represent the highest risk for environment and of sites called black spots from historical pollution with hazardous waste)- on going; 6

7 LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES ( ) Implementation of separate collection and treatment of hazardous waste from households and industry)- on going; Provide the capacities for burning (incineration) of organic industrial and medical waste-not yet; Enhancing professional and institutional capacities of hazardous waste management - on going; Establish the system of construction waste management and the waste containing asbestos - on going; 7

8 WASTE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES IN REVISED VERSION OF THE WMS General objective To develop a sustainable waste management system in order to reduce environmental pollution and spatial degradation. Strategic objectives for hazardous waste Harmonization of national regulations in the field of waste management with EU legislation; It is necessary to: prepare revision of the Law on Waste Management and all by-laws; to strengthen administrative capacities, especially the institutions and organizations in charge of planning, permitting, controlling and monitoring; to adopt a National plans for specific hazardous waste 8 streams.

9 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES Establishment of management system for hazardous waste in Serbia; It is necessary to introduce separate collection and treatment of hazardous waste from households and from industry; To strengthen professional and institutional capacities for hazardous waste management; To build central regional storages for hazardous waste in 5 regions of Serbia and to start construction of a strategic plant for physical- chemical treatment of waste; In the long-term period to ensure capacities for incineration of organic industrial and medical waste; o Creation of a system for special waste streams management (waste tires, used batteries and accumulators, waste oils, waste vehicles, waste from electric and electronic devices) in order to meet 4 kg per capita separately collected waste from electric and 9 electronic equipment from households by 2019 and minimum 45 % of batteries and accumulator by 2016;

10 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES It is necessary to build recycling yards (paper, glass, plastic, cans, electronic waste, batteries and accumulators, waste oil etc.) and to introduce stimulating instruments that will encourage re-use and recycling of waste material; Establishment of waste management system for medical and pharmaceutical waste: to draft a national program for medical waste management; to draft waste management plans in all health care institutions and veterinary organisations, to provide needed infrastructure for medical waste treatment; Rehabilitation of existing dump-sites that present the highest risk for the environment, as well as "black-hot spots" that have been historically contaminated by hazardous waste. 10

11 STRENGTHENING ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES Staff receive(d) training & technical assistance to enhance their capability to effectively transpose & implement the Directive 11 Current project support includes: Assistance for preparation for EU accession negotiation (ENVAP 2 / SIDA 2016) Assistance in transposition of Chapter 27 & enhancing capacities for approximation (PLAC) Support to the Department for Project Management in planning & implementing environmental infrastructure projects (EISP / SIDA 2016) On going UNIDO PROJECT -Managing of РСВ and PCB waste Project: Enabling Activities to review and update the National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Serbia (POPs) (GEF ID 5001)

12 Project activities Project funded by EU, II phase, Technical Assistance for Healthcare Waste Management National Plan for Healthcare Waste Management, By-law, guides, handouts, and atc. EU twinning project Stratening intitutional capacity for managinig of hazardous waste National Plan for Waste oil Management; National Plan for Waste containing asbestos; National Plan for Waste from batteries and accumulators; National Plan for WEEE; By-laws, guides, handouts, and atc.

13 Twinning project by IPA 2013 National Programme part A (Decentralized management) Improvement of hazardous waste management in RS-IHWMS Project purpose: Development and improvement of hazardous waste management system in the Republic of Serbia, by drafting: at least 3 Specific Waste Stream Plans (C&D waste, ELV, POPs), Integrated Hazardous Waste Management Plan, updated legal framework for hazardous waste management in order to harmonize it with EU regulation, Guideline for hazardous waste management. The total budget for this Twinning is EUR 1,000,000 (IPA Community Contribution 95%, National Co-financing 5%). Duration of the execution period of the project: 24 months Start of project activities: 22 nd April 2015

14 ACTION FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION until 2017 is foreseen (IPA 2014): Development of National Waste Management Plan; Development of Waste Prevention Program; Development of set of economic instruments to support source separation and recycling; 14 Awareness campaign Develop priority pipeline of waste management infrastructure in accordance with the DSIP and the Methodology for selection and prioritization of infrastructure projects Environmental Multiannual Financing Investment Plan, will be developed in 2016 (IPA 2013) Develop financing model and provide national sources to be complemented with other (EU, IFIs) to support investments

15 SPECIFIC WASTE STREAMS glass, paper, plastic, PET, tires, batteries, electrical and electronic equipment, used oils, aluminum, metal, construction and demolition waste, sludge, chemicals In Serbia, non-hazardous waste that are treated for reuse, mostly belong to streams like: paper, cardboard, plastic, ferrous metal, non-ferrous metals, scrap, rubber, and some organic materials, like wood and fabric. Most treated hazardous waste in Serbia are: recycled waste oils, waste accumulators and batteries, waste from electrical and electronic equipment, fluorescent tubes containing mercury and less quantities of end-of-life-vehicles. 15

16 ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 11 LAW ON WASTE MANAGEMENT ( OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF RS NO. 36/2009 AND 88/ 2010) National Plan, contain specifically: Specific national plans for the management of different waste streams 1) expected types, quantities and origin of waste that will be used, treated or disposed of in the Republic of Serbia; 2) expected types, quantities and origin of waste that will be exported to another country to be treated or disposed of; 3) goals that should be achieved in terms of prevention and reduction of waste generation, reduction of waste generation of which cannot be avoided, re-use or disposal of such waste with deadlines for the achievement of such goals; 4) priorities, measures or programmes for waste management with estimated costs and sources of funding, as well as deadlines for the accomplishment thereof; 5) other goals and measures important for waste management. The National Plan, shall be adopted by the Government for a 5-year-period. The National Plan shall be prepared by the Ministry in co-operation with othet ministries, the competent authority of the Autonomous Province and other institutions.

17 CURRENT SITUATION IN HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT Reliable data on the volumes of hazardous waste generated by industry in Serbia SEPA No specific landfill for hazardous waste in Serbia, according to EU standards Treatment of some streams of hazardous waste in Serbia (waste oils, WEEE, waste batteries and accumulators, hazardous packaging waste..) Hazardous waste is kept in temporary storages on the industrial sites (some of them operates for several decades) Enforcement of IPPC law should improve the situation Hot spot locations still exists 17

18 REQUIRED URGENT ACTIONS Further establisment of cost-effective and environmentaly sound solutions for each waste stream (PCB waste, POPs waste, pesticides, waste oils, end-of-life-vehicles, fluorescent tubes, asbestos, batteries and accumulators, chemicals etc.) Construction of hazardous waste landfill and Establishing treatment facilities for hazardous waste Hot spot locations contaminated with hazardous waste inventoried and planned for clean off 18

19 SUMMARY OF TOTAL INVESTMENT COSTS FOR A PERIOD 2010TH IN MILLIONS OF EUR Year Municipal waste - total investment costs including: Expanding the coverage of collecting Directive on Landfill Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators WEEE Directive Construction waste and demolition waste Hazardous industrial waste Medical waste Directive on the disposal of waste oils 4-4 Directive on end-of life vehicles Waste tires 5-5 Sludge from the device for purifying waste water utility Waste of animal origin Total investment costs

20 SOURCES OF FUNDING Potential domestic sources of funding: Serbian specific fund grants; Serbian specific fund loans; Financial resources of municipalities and Public utilities; Loans from Serbian commercial banks; Investment in PPP models; State budget. Potential international sources of funding: IPA funds; Bilateral donations and loans; Loans from international finance institutions i.e. the World Bank, EBRD, EIB; Partnership between the public and private sector (PPP); Private investors.

21 URGENT PROJECTS MAEP (Sector for supervision and control and Sector for planning and Managing) identified and planed financial suport for relocation and disposal of historical hazardous waste for priority contaminated locations: 1. "ECO-GAS MGS" Ltd. Location ul. Hajduk Veljko bb Sabac (historical waste) cc 150t 2. Holding Company Prva Iskra AD Barič, Barička Reka bb Barič, Belgrade (historical waste) cc 1100t 3. cc 80 companies in phase of restructuring (10 location, cc 1000 t) 1. Incidents at the flotation tailing CLOSED antimony mine, Stolice, near Krupanj df 21

22 Agency for Environmental Protection RS Environmental Reports Data for hazardous waste and hazardous specific waste streams According to the Waste Management Strategy ( ), it is estimated that 460,000 tones of hazardous industrial and medical waste is generated in Serbia each year. In Vojvodina Province there is a problem with waste from oil rigs which belong to historical waste, which is estimated to be about 600,000 m 3 in 2009, and it is still formed. 322 Permits for collecting and/or transport of hazardous waste 21 Renewed permits for collecting and/or transport of hazardous waste 88 Permits for storage and/or treatment and/or disposal of hazardous waste 22

23 CONCLUSIONS Hazardous waste at some industrial locations is temporarily disposed for several decades. During floods in 2014 there was a possibility that hazardous waste comes in contact with water and endanger the environment and public health. Infrastructure for treatment and final disposal of hazardous waste should be constructed Part of the historical hazardous waste is in the property of the Republic of Serbia. Need to solve the problems with funding, partly through donations, for permanently disposal of hazardous waste mostly by exporting it to the treatment (incineration) plant at a designated EU country. 23

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