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Factsheet for Croatia General facts Legislation overview According to the Croatian Waste Act, the state is responsible for hazardous waste management and for incineration of waste, while regional self-government units (counties and the City of Zagreb) are responsible for the management of all other types of waste. Local self-government units (municipalities and cities) are responsible for municipal waste management. The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction is a central body responsible for preparation of waste management legislation, national waste management strategy and waste management plan, as well as coordination of co-operation among all involved institutions in waste management in Croatia. Regional self-government units adopt county waste management plans, determine locations in physical plans, issue permits for non-hazardous and inert waste landfills, ensure conditions and implementation of measures for managing different waste streams, issue permits for municipal and non-hazardous waste management, and collect data on waste. Municipalities and cities adopt their waste management plans, determine locations in physical plans, implement measures of municipal waste management, and with coordination from the county, ensure the implementation of prescribed measures for separate waste collection. The control over the implementation of the legal regulations and prevention of uncontrolled environmental pollution, including Waste Act and by-laws, is conducted by the Environmental Protection Inspection at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. The Croatian Environment Agency (CEA) is a public institution responsible for the collection and consolidation of waste data, developing and maintaining the Waste Management Information System, enabling and facilitating access to information on waste to decision-makers and general public, developing reports on the status of the waste sector. Croatian Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (CEPEEF) is a state non-budget fund, established in order to ensure additional resources for financing projects, programmes and similar undertakings in the field of preservation, sustainable use, protection and improvement of the environment. The main policy documents on national level are the Waste Management Strategy and the Waste Management Plan, both adopted pursuant to the Waste Act (Official Gazette No. 178/2004, 111/2006, 110/07, 60/08). On the basis of the Waste Management Strategy (Official Gazette No. 135/2005) the Croatian Government adopted the Waste Management Plan (Official Gazette No. 85/2007) as a document implementing the objectives set for the period of eight years (2007-2015). Counties and City of Zagreb, town/municipality and also waste producers producing more than 150 tons of non-hazardous waste or more than 200 kilograms of hazardous waste per year are obliged to prepare a waste management plan. The main act regulating waste management issues is Waste Act (Official Gazette No. 178/2004, 111/2006, 60/08, 87/09). More detailed provisions can be found in a number of ordinances on specific waste streams or certain waste management issues, adopted on the basis of Waste Act. With the passing of these regulations, the transposition of the acquis communautaire (adopted by the end of 2008, not including the new Directive 2008/98/EC) in the area of waste management into the Croatian legislation has been completed. 2.2 National acts 2.2.2 National legislation 2.2.3 Selected legislation 2.3 Regional waste acts No regional waste acts. Waste management plans The Waste Management Plan in the Republic of Croatia (Official Gazette No. 85/07) is the fundamental document on waste management in the Republic of Croatia for the period from 2007 to 2015. The framework for the preparation of the Plan includes the Waste Management Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (Official Gazette No. 130/05), legislation in force and guidelines of the European Union. Documents are based on Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the Waste Act. 3.1 National plan 3.2 Regional plans Waste management plans (WMP) on the regional or local level (of counties, The City of Zagreb, cities and municipalities) must be in line with the Waste Management Strategy, Waste Management Plan Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Croatia and the respective Environmental Program(s) on the regional/local level. The waste management plan of a county and of The City of Zagreb shall be adopted by the county assembly and the city assembly of The City of Zagreb for a period of eight years, while the competent office of the county and the City of Zagreb shall monitor its implementation. Two or more counties may develop joint WMP. The County WMP contains: - measures for waste generation prevention and reduction - measures for waste management according to best available technologies - measures for separate waste collection and waste reuse/recycling/recovery - construction plan for the facilities for storage, treatment and disposal of waste related to establishment of integral national network of waste facilities - measures for remediation of waste hot spots and illegal landfills - inspection and monitoring of waste management - financial sources for implementation of certain measures - deadlines for implementation of set measures The waste management plan of a city or municipality shall be adopted by the city/municipal assembly for a period of eight years, while the competent office shall monitor its implementation. The municipal/town WMP contains: - measures for separate collection of municipal waste - measures for inspection and monitoring of landfills for municipal waste - list of waste hot spots and illegal landfills - sequence of activities related to remediation of waste hot spots and illegal landfills - financial sources for remediation activities Adopted county or municipality/town Waste management Plans can be found on the internet (Croatian language only): http://dokumenti.azo.hr/Pretrazivanje.aspx Waste prevention for Croatia Objectives The Waste Management Strategy has been structured, particularly as to measures to be taken for implementation of the envisaged waste management system, in compliance with general principles set by the EU, and in keeping with appropriate legal requirements contained in the Waste Act, and brought into harmony with the said principles. The Waste management hierarchy is defined as follows: - The main priority is to avoid and reduce waste generation, and to reduce harmful properties of waste. - If the generation of waste can not be avoided or reduced, the waste must be reused - recycled and/or recovered. - The waste that can not be used in a rational way will be disposed in an environmentally friendly manner. Article 5 of the Waste Act as the first objective of the waste management sets: „ avoiding and reducing the generation of waste and reducing the hazardous properties of waste, particularly through: - the development of clean technologies that exploit less natural resources, - technical development and promotion of products that do not contribute or minimally contribute to the increase of adverse effects of waste and the risk of pollution, - the development of appropriate methods for the disposal of hazardous substances contained in waste intended for recovery,“ The Waste Act also promulgates the obligation that waste management plans should contain measures for avoiding and reducing the generation of waste. Furthermore, the Waste Management Strategy as the first strategic waste management objective sets: „ Avoidance of waste generation and reduction of its quantities at the source, as well as reduction of the quantities of waste that have to be disposed of, with a simultaneous increase in the material and energy-based recovery of waste: a) avoidance of waste generation and reduction in the quantity of waste at the place where it is generated, and this through cleaner production, education and training, economic instruments, waste management plans, implementation of positive regulations, Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC Directive), investment in modern technologies, etc. b) separate collection of waste at the source. c) construction of subsystems for the separate collection and use or recovery of significant types of waste (packaging waste, end-of-life vehicles, household appliances, e-waste, etc.).“ Targets (Waste Management Strategy) (Ordinance on packaging and packaging waste) (Article 26) The Minister shall set for each year by decision the targets for collection, recovery and disposal of packaging waste in the current year as national targets. The decision shall be published in the Official Gazette. In case there is a need for harmonization with achieved results, the Minister may set new targets in the course of the calendar year. National targets of shares of returnable packaging per products are as follows: (Article 27) The framework target (until entering into EU) shall be: recovery (material or energy) of 60% of mass of packaging waste, recycle 55%-80% mass of collected packaging waste, recycling by materials: – 60% mass for glass; – 60% mass for paper/cardboard; – 50% mass for metals; – 22,5% mass for plastics, counting materials recycled to plastics; – 15% mass for wood. (Ordinance on waste tyres management) Objective is to reach 70% recycling of waste tyres quantities. Until the conditions are fulfilled, the minister sets the Decision on annual basis on the permitted quantity of waste tyres which could be used for energy purposes. (for year 2007 - 30% of collected quantities). (Ordinance on waste batteries and accumulators management) (Article 2) a) collection rates of at least 25 % by 26. September 2012 b) collection rates of at least 45 % by 26. September 2016 (Annex) The recycling of battery and accumulator content to produce similar products or for other purposes has to reach the following levels: · at least 65% by average weight of lead-acid batteries and accumulators, including the recycling of the lead content to the highest degree that is technically feasible; · 75% by average weight of nickel-cadmium batteries and accumulators, including the recycling of the lead content to the highest degree that is technically feasible; · at least 50% by average weight of other battery and accumulator waste. (Ordinance on the management of end-of-life vehicles) After 1 January 2009 ensure the rate of re-use and recovery to 85% in terms of average weight per collected vehicle/year, and the rate of re-use and recycling over the same period to at least 80% respectively in terms of average weight per vehicle/year. After 1 January 2015 ensure the rate of re-use and recovery to 95% in terms of average weight per collected vehicle/year, and the rate of re-use and recycling over the same period to at least 85% respectively in terms of average weight per vehicle/year. (Ordinance on the management of waste electrical and electronic appliances and equipment) (1) The target for separate collection of EE waste is four kilograms per inhabitant per year by 31 December 2008 with an appropriate increase in the following years. (2) Recovery targets for EE waste by 31 December 2008 are: a) for EE waste generated from EE equipment falling under categories 1 and 10 from Annex IA of this Ordinance - the rate of recovery shall be increased to a minimum of 80 % by weight of collected EE waste, and - the rate of reuse and recycling for components, materials and substances shall be increased to a minimum of 75 % by weight of collected EE waste; b) for EE waste generated from EE equipment falling under categories 3 and 4 of Annex IA of this Ordinance - the rate of recovery shall be increased to a minimum of 75 % by weight of collected EE waste, and - the rate of reuse and recycling for components, materials and substances shall be increased to a minimum of 65 % by weight of collected EE waste; c) for EE waste generated from EE equipment falling under categories 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of Annex IA of this Ordinance - the rate of recovery shall be increased to a minimum of 70 % by weight of collected EE waste, and - the rate of reuse and recycling for components, materials and substances shall be increased to a minimum of 50 % by weight of collected EE waste; d) for gas discharge lamps, the rate of reuse and recycling for components, materials and substances shall be increased to a minimum of 80 % by an average weight per lamp. (Article 7) (1) EE equipment falling under categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 from Annex IA of this Ordinance, as well as light bulbs and household luminaries placed on the market of the Republic of Croatia shall not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium Cr6+, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). Reduction in the Share of Biodegradable Waste (Ordinance on the methods and conditions for the landfill of waste, categories and operational requirements for waste landfills) In order to reduce gaseous effluents emitted into the environment resulting from the disposal of waste containing a high share of biodegradable components, the following objectives are set: • By 2012 the share of biodegradable municipal waste deposited to landfills must be reduced to 75 per cent of the mass share of biodegradable municipal waste generated in 1997; • By 2015 the share of biodegradable municipal waste deposited to landfills must be reduced to 50 per cent of the mass share of biodegradable municipal waste generated in 1997; • By 2020 the share of biodegradable municipal waste deposited to landfills must be reduced to 35 per cent of the mass share of biodegradable municipal waste generated in 1997. (Ordinance on construction waste management) Construction waste should be recovered or recycled in full (or to the maximum extent possible), avoiding any permanent deposition to natural environment, as determined by the Waste Act and the Strategy. The objective to recover 80 per cent of the construction waste amount by 2015, as set by the Strategy, must be attained gradually. Strategy Objectives, measures and activities by which the objectives of waste prevention should be achieved are stated in Chapter on Sustainable production and consumption of the Strategy of Sustainable Development (Official Gazette No. 30/09), Waste Management Strategy (Official Gazette No.135/05) and Waste Management Plan (Official Gazette No. 85/07). Examples of measures: Integrate cleaner production programmes in production processes, products and services; promote and encourage the use of the environmental label; Implement national economic measures that force economic subjects to pay charges for burdening the environment, preparation and implementation of action plan for education and promotion of waste prevention and minimization options for all stakeholders, subsidizing and financing project of cleaner production, waste recycling and recovery and so on). Instruments already introduced in Croatia: - promotion of cleaner-production projects and practices (mainly through activities of Croatian Centre for Cleaner Production and by co-financing activities by Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund), - education in the field of waste management (preschool, school, higher education programs, scientific journals, international symposia), - construction/improvement of the separate waste collection and recycling systems for certain waste streams, - economic instruments introduced for certain waste streams management or for burdening the environment, - waste management plans (national, regional, local level and selected waste producers) and - Croatian waste exchange (within Croatian Chamber of Economy). Policy instruments Regulatory instruments Overview no information Bans Other instruments Additional info no information Market-based instruments Overview The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF), established in 2003 and operating since the beginning of 2004, is an extra-budgetary institution owned by the Republic of Croatia, the purpose of which is to finance environmental protection programmes and projects. Among other, it co-finances the projects on waste prevention and projects for improving separate collection of certain waste types. The EPEEF collects different environmental charges as its own revenue, which includes charges for burdening the environment with hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste, prescribed by Regulation on unit charges, corrective coefficients and detailed criteria and benchmarks for determination of charges for burdening the environment with waste (Official Gazette No. 71/04) Moreover, the Fund collects or pay charges within specific waste streams collection/recovery schemes, prescribed in detail by different ordinances, presented in chapter 1.1.3. Further information (Croatian only): www.fzoeu.hr Additional info no information Information-based instruments Overview no information Other instruments Additional info no information Voluntary instruments Overview no information Additional info no information Examples 4.5 Waste prevention examples Construction and Demolition Waste for Croatia Objectives The construction sector in Croatia produces 2 million tones of construction and demolition waste annually. Due to lack of adequate recycling facilities and organized and economically sustainable waste management system, only a minor part is properly disposed, while under 5% is either recyced or re-used. The main objectives of construction and demolition waste management are: - disposal of construction waste exclusively on landfills for construction waste - selection and management of all construction waste containing hazardous substances (asbestos) - avoiding usage of materials that present hazardous waste at the end of life cycle. Targets Construction waste should be recovered or recycled in full (or to the maximum extent possible), avoiding any permanent deposition to natural environment, as determined by the Waste Act and the Strategy. The objective to recover 80 per cent of the construction waste amount by 2015, as set by the Strategy, must be attained gradually. Strategy By the Waste Act (OG 178/04, 111/06 and 60/08) the obligation is prescribed to recover waste; the valuable features of which can be used. By the publication of the Ordinance on construction waste management (OG 38/08) the obligation is prescribed to separate construction waste, and construction waste can only be deposited in cases when its recovery for material and/or energy purposes is not possible or when its re-use through separation of construction waste at its point of generation cannot be ensured. It is estimated that, through separation of construction waste, the quantities of waste deposited at landfills will be significantly reduced. The following guidelines have been defined for improvement of the construction waste management system: · educate and inform all participants in the construction waste management process, · prevent uncontrolled disposal of construction waste in municipal landfills and elsewhere, · establish full control over construction waste streams, from the place of waste generation to the place of final use/disposal, including improvement of the information system, · introduce recovery systems for all types of construction waste and for up to 80 percent of total quantities, · encourage use of construction materials that are environment-friendly, · regulate construction waste management through implementation regulations and namely: · specify the obligation to plan construction waste management in the period following removal of a built facility, and · specify the obligation to also plan such management for other construction waste situated on the same lot, · inspect, at the county level, all landfills in which construction waste is disposed of; based on the analysis of data about all landfills, use appropriate landfills for the disposal of inert waste, while other landfills must be improved and closed down, · make sure that maximum quantities of construction waste are submitted to recovery and/or recycling so as to obtain new construction materials which are, by their quality, equal to other construction materials, · inert landfill sites will be opened in individual counties and in the City of Zagreb - either as separate sites or next to municipal waste landfills; as a rule, they will be organized in the scope of waste management centres and will have mobile or stationary treatment facilities; in the transition period, portions of municipal landfills may be used for sorted and recovered construction waste as needed for some parts of landfills (subject to approval by the competent authority), · advance and improve the system for the separate collection and recycling of individual types of construction waste, and establish centres for the recovery and disposal of construction waste. Policy instruments Regulatory instruments Additional info no information Market-based instruments Additional info no information Information-based instruments Additional info no information Voluntary instruments Additional info The article 118 of the Environmental Act prescribes the possibility for specific reliefs and incentives for organisations obtaining EMAS. Biodegradable Municipal Waste - Croatia Objectives For biodegradable waste, specific solutions within the waste management system are foreseen in accordance with the Waste Management Strategy, Waste Management Plan, the Waste Act, Ordinance on the methods and conditions for the landfill of waste, categories and operational requirements for waste landfills (Official Gazette No. 117/07), as well as other ordinances of Croatia regulating this area. At present, separate collection of packaging paper waste is regulated by Ordinance on packaging and packaging waste. The maximum possible reduction in the share of biodegradable waste in the municipal waste will be achieved by applying waste treatment technologies within the framework of the regional/county Waste Management Centres (WMC). There are three foreseen approaches to management of biodegradable waste in the WMP: - waste minimization - separate collection and further composting in WMCs - treatment of mixed waste in WMCs. Analyses of municipal waste composition were not performed on regular basis in the past. The average percentage of biodegradable waste is ~70% (~42%kitchen and biowaste, ~20%paper and cardboard). Targets In order to reduce gaseous effluents emitted into the environment resulting from the disposal of waste containing a high share of biodegradable components, the following objectives are set: • By 2012 the share of biodegradable municipal waste deposited to landfills must be reduced to 75 per cent of the mass share of biodegradable municipal waste generated in 1997; • By 2015 the share of biodegradable municipal waste deposited to landfills must be reduced to 50 per cent of the mass share of biodegradable municipal waste generated in 1997; • By 2020 the share of biodegradable municipal waste deposited to landfills must be reduced to 35 per cent of the mass share of biodegradable municipal waste generated in 1997. Strategy The procedure of reducing biodegradable waste will commence with primary separation at the waste generation point and by increasing the share of organized collection of biodegradable waste, as prescribed by the Waste Act (OG 178/04, 111/06 and 60/08). A part of biodegradable waste is already separated pursuant to the ordinances regulating special waste categories (e.g. paper and wood packaging materials, oil, certain medical and construction waste). The most significant reduction in the biodegradable waste share in municipal waste will be achieved by applying waste treatment technologies in Waste Management Centres, i.e. by constructing MBT plants within Waste Management Centres (50% of the envisaged MBT plants within WMCs are planned to be built in the 2013-2015 period). For the City of Zagreb, a waste to energy incineration plant is planned, which will additionally contribute to the reduction of the share of biodegradable waste. Policy instruments Regulatory instruments Additional info no information Market-based instruments Additional info no information Information-based instruments Additional info As stated in 4.4.3 for Packaging waste. Voluntary instruments Additional info no information Results Biodegradable municipal waste Generation of municipal waste per capita in Croatia is increasing, and further significant increase is to be expected, due to anticipated development in the economy and tourism, increasing consumption and collection coverage. Out of the total amount of municipal waste generated, still small amount is separately collected and sent to recovery. Data on the waste flows still confirms the reliance on landfilling of municipal waste. Separate collection of municipal waste started to develop in Croatia in the second half of the eighties using containers (paper, glass, PET, tin cans) and recycling yards. Adoption of ordinances on specific waste streams (packaging, oils, batteries, ELVs, WEEE etc) already influence the increase of separately collected waste amounts and diversion of it from landfills. However, the system for further decreasing of biodegradable waste deposited on landfills is not fully operational yet. Construction and demolition waste The system is not fully operational yet. Waste prevention Information about the amount of fee collected or paid within the specific waste streams management schemes are available in the annual reports of the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (www.fzoeu.hr ) Bibliography - Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction: Waste Management Strategy of the Republic of Croatia, 2005 - Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction: Waste Management Plan of the Republic of Croatia for 2007-2015, 2007 - English versions of the documents can be found at: http://www.mzopu.hr/default.aspx?id=7259 Country links to national waste information - http://www.mzopu.hr/default.aspx?id=5296 — The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction - policy, legislation, authorized companies, information on special type of waste, useful links (Croatian) - http://www.mzopu.hr/default.aspx?id=7719 — The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction - policy, legislation, authorized companies, information on special type of waste, useful links (Partly English) - http://www.fzoeu.hr/hrv/index.asp?s=otpad — Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund in Croatian: packaging waste - http://www.fzoeu.hr/hrv/index.asp?s=gume — Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund in Croatian: waste tyres and cars - http://www.fzoeu.hr/hrv/index.asp?s=ulja — Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund in Croatian: oils, batteries and accumulators - http://www.fzoeu.hr/hrv/index.asp?s=ee — Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund in Croatian: WEEE - http://www.fzoeu.hr/hrv/index.asp?s=azbest — Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund in Croatian: waste asbestos - http://www.azo.hr/default.aspx?sec=63 — Croatian Environment Agency in Croatian - http://www.azo.hr/default.aspx?sec=292 — Croatian Environment Agency in English - http://www1.biznet.hr/Burza/do/language?code=hr_HR&appParam=O — Croatian Chamber of Commerce - Croatian waste market (croatian)
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Foto: Cistoca.hr DO KRAJA 2018. godine Hrvatska treba uspostaviti cjeloviti sustav gospodarenja otpadom. Ciljevi koji su zacrtani u Zakonu o održivom gospodarenju otpadom i preuzeti iz pristupnih pregovora s Europskom unijom su smanjenje odlaganja i povećanje recikliranja, a za što je preduvjet uvođenje primarne selekcije, zatim sanacija postojećih odlagališta otpadom i izgradnja centara za gospodarenje otpadom. Cilj o smanjenju odlaganja ostvarit će se tako da gradovi i općine od 24. srpnja 2014, sukladno odredbama u Zakonu o održivom gospodarenju otpadom moraju građanima omogućiti razvrstavanja sljedećih 7 iskoristivih komponenti otpada: papir, metal, staklo, plastika, tekstil, problematični otpad i glomazni otpad. Ostvarenje cilja prati se kroz količine otpada odloženog na odlagališta a propisano je po godinama u tonama, objavilo je Ministarstvo zaštite okoliša. Do sada 223 grada i općine pokrenuli projekte selekcije otpada "Drago mi je da su se mnogi gradovi probudili i počeli s uvođenjem primarne selekcije. U posljednjih 10 mjeseci, od stupanja na snagu Zakona o održivom gospodarenju otpadom, 223 grada i općine pokrenuli su projekte primarne selekcije vrijedne 337 milijuna kuna. U istom periodu godinu dana ranije radilo se o samo 47 gradova i općina i projektima gotovo 10 puta manje vrijednosti. To je jasan pokazatelj da su jedinice lokalne samouprave shvatile ozbiljno svoje obaveze. I to su, moramo biti iskreni, tektonski pomaci ako pogledamo desetljeće iza nas u kojem naši prethodnici nažalost nisu napravili gotovo ništa.“ – rekao je ministar zaštite okoliša i prirode Mihael Zmajlović na konferenciji za novinare o uvođenju primarne selekcije. Cilj o povećanju recikliranja na minimalno 50% do 2020. godine za komponente papir, staklo, plastika i metal ostvarit ćemo odvojenim skupljanjem, ponovnom uporabom i recikliranjem. Odvojeno skupljanje gradovi i općine dužni su osigurati kroz zelene otoke, reciklažna dvorišta i, najvažnije, omogućujući građanima odvajanje na kućnom pragu. Pored navedenih, jedna od obaveza koje je Republika Hrvatska preuzela je da do 1. siječnja 2015. godine uvede odvojeno sakupljanje posebnih kategorija otpada: papira, metala, plastike, stakla, tekstila i obuće, električnog i elektroničkog otpada (EE), baterija i akumulatora, otpadnih vozila, guma, otpadnih ulja i medicinskog otpada. Putem Fonda za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost osigurana su im stručna pomoć i sredstva za nabavu spremnika, komunalne opreme, vozila, uređenje reciklažnih dvorišta. Da se misli ozbiljno i da više neće biti prolongiranja rokova, pokazalo se i akcijom pojačanog nadzora Velika čistka. U posljednjih 10 mjeseci 223 grada i općine pokrenule su projekte primarne selekcije ukupne vrijednosti 337 milijuna kuna. U istom periodu godinu dana ranije radilo se o samo 47 gradova i općina i projektima vrijednima tek 37,2 milijuna kuna. Do prošle godine samo je 29 gradova i općina imalo reciklažna dvorišta, a trenutno je u Fondu u pripremi 76 projekata u 69 gradova i općina. U 10 godina bacili smo 5 milijardi kuna vrijedne sirovine "U proteklih 10 godina vrijedne sirovine bacale su se na odlagališta. Na taj način je u zemlju zakopano 5 milijardi kuna vrijednih sirovina. Zato je recikliranje toliko važno, jer moramo razmišljati o resursima koje koristimo. Uvođenjem održivog sustava gospodarenja otpadom u narednih par godina otvara se mogućnost udvostručenja broja radnih mjesta u tom sektoru sa sadašnjih 6.000 na 12.000. Osigurava se čisti okoliš i veća kvaliteta života građanima.“ – istaknuo je ministar Zmajlović. Iako cjeloviti sustav gospodarenja otpadom još uvijek nije uspostavljen, zahvaljujući naporima na uvođenju primarne selekcije i izgradnji potrebne infrastrukture, već sada su pomaci vidljivi. Ako gledamo samo komunalni otpad, prema službenim podacima EUROSTAT-a 2011. godine smo na odlagališta bez obrade odlagali čak 92% komunalnog otpada. Zadnji službeni podaci, za 2012. godinu, pokazuju da odlažemo 85%. Europski prosjek je 34%. Pomak sa 92% na 85% je dobar i pokazuje da su se svi u sustavu probudili jer je količina recikliranja komunalnog otpada udvostručena i to sa 8% u 2011. na 16% u 2012. godini. No ne smijemo stati. Kako bi se ostvarili zacrtani ciljevi i ispunile preuzete obaveze, uz uvođenje primarne selekcije, intenzivno se radi i na sanacijama odlagališta i izgradnji centara za gospodarenje otpadom. Od 301 odlagališta otpadom do sada je sanirano120 odlagališta, a na njih 77 su sanacije u tijeku. Nema više produljenja rokova Ove godine s radom će započeti i prva dva centra za gospodarenje otpadom, Marišćina i Kaštijun, a više ih je u visokoj fazi pripremljenosti. Samo vrijednost izgradnje svih centara za gospodarenje otpadom procjenjuje se na oko 4,8 milijarde kuna, a za njihovu realizaciju oko 65% iznosa osigurat će se u EU fondovima. Zmajlović je naglasio da više nema prolongiranja rokova jer je više od 10 godina nepovratno izgubljeno na takozvane prijelazne periode, te se primarna selekcija mora uvesti u rokovima koji su zacrtani. To zahtjeva dosljedno provođenje propisanog, stalni nadzor i financijsku i stručnu pomoć gradovima i općinama. "Nećemo se svi probuditi 24. srpnja i pred vratima zateći 4 kante - nažalost. Ali moramo krenuti. Zato od srpnja pojačavamo nadzore nad primarnom selekcijom s ciljem ubrzanja svih aktivnosti vezanih uz uspostavu sustava. Svaki građanin mora dobiti mogućnost da na svome kućnom pragu donese odluku što je smeće, a što otpad - korisna sirovina koja se može reciklirati. I njihovi gradonačelnici i načelnici dužni su im to osigurati.“ – zaključio je Zmajlović.