21-22 july 2009 infra workshop in sofia overview of the hungarian implementation and practical...

21-22 July 2009 INFRA Workshop in Sofia

Overview of the Hungarian

implementation and practical experiences

related to WEEE

INFRA workshop in Sofia21-22 July 2009

Viktória Dezső – RTP expert

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/index_en.htm


Outline

• Basic definitions• EU & Hungarian legal framework• Overview of the Hungarian system• Challenges• Concluding remarks


Basic definitions

• producer and distributor/retailer• recipient• product fee (tax type of product

charge and it is partly reimbursed if certain targets are met)

• co-ordinating company• WEEE from private households• historical waste


§ Hungarian Legal background (1) §

Waste Electrical and Electronical Equipment

• governmental decree on take-back obligation of EEE (264/2004)

• ministerial decree on treatment requirements of WEEE (15/2004)

• ministerial decree on restriction of use of certain hazardous substances in EEE (16/2004)



closely relating to WEEE

• governmental decree on treatment requirements of hazardous waste (98/2001)

• governmental decree on registration and administration obligations regarding waste (164/2003)

• ministerial decree on the waste register (EWC – European Waste Catalogue) (16/2001)


Problems with interpretation

• In the EWC there are two options for WEEE:– Hazardous EWC 16 02 13* and 20 01 35*– Non-hazardous EWC 16 02 14 and 20 01

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• Transportation of WEEE– from the take-back or collection place to

the waste treatment place the WEEE is considered as non-hazardous waste


Target & Deadlines

• According to 2002/96/EC directive article 5 (5) by 31 December 2006 separate collection of at least 4 kg/capita /year on an average of WEEE from households should be achieved.

• With 2004/312/EC Council Decision CZ, EST, HU, LV, LT, SK received an extension by 24 months. => deadline 31 December 2008


Targets & Deadlines for collection

2005 2006 2007 2008WEEE needs to be collected (thousand tons)

10 18 30 42

1.Large household appliances 9 % 18 % 28 % 36 %2. Small household appliances 5 % 10 % 15 % 19 %3. IT & teleccomm.equipment

9 % 17 % 26 % 35 %4. Consumer equipment 9 % 17 % 25 % 33 %5. Lighting equipment/lamps operating on the princ. of gas discharge

1/0 % 2/0 % 4/1 % 5/1 %6. Electrical and electronic tools 1 % 2 % 4 % 5 %7. Toys, leisure & sport equipment 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 %


Targets & Deadlines for collection

2009 2010

1.Large household appliances 38 % 39 %2. Small household appliances 20 % 20 %3. IT & teleccomm.equipment

37 % 37 %4. Consumer equipment 35 % 35 %5. Lighting equipment/lamps operating on the princ. of gas discharge

5/30 % 5/30 %

6. Electrical and electronic tools 5 % 5 %7. Toys, leisure & sport equipment 5 % 5 %9. Monitoring and control instrument 5 % 5 %10. Automatic dispensers 5 % 5 %


Targets & Deadlines for recycling & recovery

2005 2006 2007 2008

Category of electrical and electronic equipment

R-raterecovery rate

R-rate recovery rate R-rate recove

ry rateR-

raterecovery rate

1. Large household appliances

20% 19% 40% 38% 60% 56% 80% 75%

2. Small household appliances

18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

3. IT and telecomm. equipment

19% 16% 38% 33% 56% 49% 75% 65%

4. Consumer equipment 19% 16% 38% 33% 56% 49% 75% 65%

5. Lighting equipment 18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

5. a) Lamps operating on the principle of gas discharge

20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% 80% 80%

6. Electrical and electronic tools

18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

7. Toys, leisure and sport equipment

18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

8. Medical devices - - - - - - - -

9. Monitoring and controlling instruments

18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

10. Automatic dispensers

20% 19% 40% 38% 60% 56% 80% 75%


Who is responsible for what? (1)

At National level

• Government → issues legislation• Ministry for E&W → issues legislation, writes

and sends the report to the EC• National Environmental, Nature Protection and

Water Chief Inspectorate → registers the producers, co-ordinating companies→ checks the producers’ compliance (fulfilment of the various obligations)→ imposes waste management fine→ obliged to process the provided data until 1 Sept.



At Regional and Local level

• Regional Environmental, Nature Protection and Water Inspectorates (10) → take care fulfilling the various obligations in case the obligor fail to do that→ issue permits for WEEE treatment→ inspect WEEE treatment facilities→ impose waste management fine

• Local municipalities → organise public service for waste collection



• Producers

→ take back the waste from EEE and the historical waste (take-back obligation) without any fee!

→ collect WEEE at least according to the minimum specified rates (collection obligation)

→ recycle and recover the collected WEEE at least according to the minimum specified rates (recycling obligation)

→ provide proper disposal for the rest (disposal obligation)

→ inform the retailer and consumer about the take-back and collection obligation (information obligation)

→ have a permit from the competent environmental authority to operate independent collecting site



•Retailers/Distributors

→ take back the used EEE without any fee!

→ can pay an incentive to the consumer→hand over to the WEEE to the producer

according to the marketing contract→ can reject the take back obligation in

case of the contamination of the WEEE


Financial aspects•Producer

→ has to finance the costs of taking back, collecting, recycling, recovery and disposal

•Owner

→ has to pay the costs of a non-household WEEE



Relating to

Electrical and Electronical Equipment

• Environmental Product Fee Act (1995)

• its complementary decrees on the implementation


€ Product fee examples (1) €

Scope of products with product fee obligation EUR/kgLarge household appliances except f or f ridges 0.30Small household appliances 0.30I T and telecommunication equipment except f or mobile

phones0.32

Consumer equipment 0.36Electrical and electronic tools except f or large

stationary industrial tools0.30

Toys, leisure and sport equipment 0.36Monitoring and control instruments 0.32Automatic dispensers 0.33Wireless telephone equipment 3.6

Product fee rates from 1 January 2006

Source: Annex 9 of the environmental product fee act (1995)


Reimbursement

• 100 % exemption

• in case of fulfilling the collection, recycling, recovery rates and disposal obligations

• except mobile phoneswhere the recycling rate should reach 29,1 % in 2007


€ Product fee examples (2) €

Nominal cooling volume of a

product (cooling equipment)EUR/piece

0 - 120 litre 9.77

between 120.1 - 250 litre 17.6

above 250.1 - litre 45.37

until 0.5 kg 2.44

between 0.51 and 2 kg 4.36

above 2 kg 11.41

Product fee rates from 1 January 2005

Source: Annex 3 of the environmental product fee act (1995)


Reimbursement

Recycling rate exemption

30 % 50 %

+ 1 % + 1.5 %

50 % 80 %

above 50 % max. 80 %

Cooling equipment

Source: Annex 1 of 53/2003 governmental decree


WEEE collection systems within EU

Collective system(monopoly)

• dominant national system responsible for collection, recycling and financing of WEEE

• non-governemntal, not-for-profit companies are set up

• usually organised into product categories => to achieve max. efficiency in recycling

• e.g.: B, NL, SE

Competitive clearing system

• national framework with multiply partners (producers, recyclers, etc.) providing services

• government ensures the register of producers

• government defines allocation mechanisms, reporting and monitoring systems

• collection obligation of each producer

• to avoid monopolistic situation

• e.g.: UK, ES, D, F, I


Hungarian system• Collective System• Product fee system => co-ordinating

company – not-for-profit organisation• Registration of producers and co-ordinating

companies is mandatory• Contract between producer and recipient

has to be approved by the Chief Inspectorate

• Administrative obligations => set up a public information system <= Chief Inspectorate’s responsibility


Registration of producers and co-ordinating

companies• done by the Chief Inspectorate according

to requirements set by the Hungarian governmental degree on WEEE

• 971 registered producers and 6 registered co-ordinating companies for WEEE(http://orszagoszoldhatosag.gov.hu)


How the system works

Producers971 registered Retailers

Co-ordinating companies6 registered

ChiefInspectorate

Collecting network

Civic amenity sites

shops

Treatmentfacilities

municipalities

Public utilitycompanies

independently

Waste flowInformation flow Money flow


Basic facts

Collected amount of WEEE

41460

10984

23647

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10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

2005 2006 2007

quant

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Source: http://okir.kvvm.hu/hir


Basic facts

Recycled amount of WEEE

2280

2995

3971

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1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

2005 2006 2007quan

tity

in

thou

sand

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Source: http://okir.kvvm.hu/hir


Number of issued valid permits at national level

Treatment/Waste code EWC 160213* EWC 200135*

pretreatment 58 65

recovery and recycling 24 29

disposal 7 9

EWC 160214 EWC 200136

pretreatment 76 94

recovery and recycling 28 33

disposal 13 22Source: http://kezelo.kvvm.hu/


Threats

• to meet not only the collection targets but the recycling and recovery targets as well


Our Challenge (1)

• to create a new revised directive based on:

1.clear financial responsobility of the producers

2.appliance-based recycling targets

3.introducing reuse targets

4.guarantee for a transparent system


Our Challenge (2)

• to create a new revised directive based on:

5. confirmation of local and regional authorities

6. collection targets based on the quantities put on the market

7. centrialised database


Concluding remarks

A study (by request of the Commission) was carried out by an independent research institute to evaluate the transposition of the directive and its implementation.


Strong WEEE

Recycling Culture

Strong WEEE Infrastructure

/Systems

Weak WEEE

Recycling Culture

Weak WEEE Infrastructur

e/Systems

SwedenBelgium

Netherlands

Austria

UK Germany

Denmark

Italy

France

Portugal

Cyprus

Hungary

Finland

Malta Greece

Poland

Ireland

Spain

Luxembourg

Transposition evaluation of the MSs

(made by external researchers in 2006)

Estonia

Czech Republic

SlovakiaLatvia

Lithuania

Slovenia

Existing Upgrade

Early Adopters Late Adopters

New Member StatesSystem and Culture

Upgrade


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Contact data

Tel: +32 488 292 063e-mail: [email protected]

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21-22 july 2009 infra workshop in sofia overview of the hungarian implementation and practical...

Documents

nonhazardous waste slide

sofia overview

sofia targets deadlines

weee governmental decree

waste electrical

sofia problems

consumer equipment

waste treatment