Transcript THE ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRES …

THE LITHUANIAN ASSOCIATION OF
REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
CENTRES
Juozas Jankevičius
2008
THE LITHUANIAN ASSOCIATION OF
REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
CENTRES (RATCA)
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The Association of Regional Waste
Management Centres of Lithuania (RATCA)
was established on 26 October, 2005;
The founders of RATCA are
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Šiauliai Regional Waste Management
Centre;
Utena Regional Waste Management Centre;
Marijampolė Regional Waste Management
Centre;
Tauragė Regional Waste Management
Centre;
RATCA
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All 10 Centres are the members of the
RATCA at present;
Vilnius Regional Waste Management Centre
entered the RATCA on 5 May, 2007;
It was the last Centre which became the
member of RATCA;
Administration
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The head of RATCA is the President;
RATCA has the finansier and the secretary;
For all of them this work is volunteer work;
The aims of RATCA
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To participate in the development of Regional
waste management systems in Lithuania;
To initiate the creation of the legislation for
the effective working of the regional waste
management systems in Lithuania;
To participate in the creation of the legislation
in the waste management sphere;
The aims of RATCA
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To collaborate in proffesional sphere,
interchange of expierence, cooperate
recources for implementation collective
projects;
To collaborate with similar Lithuanian and
foreign associations.
RATCA participated:
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In preparing the Law on the Change of the
Waste Management Law;
In preparing the National Strategic Waste
Management Plan;
In preparing the National Investment
Program for the Year 2007-2013;
In preparing the Waste Incineration
Feasibility Study;
RATCA participated:
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In RECO (Regional Cooperation in Waste
Management) project. The participants of this
project – Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland,
Finland, Sweden.
Sweden was the main fundator of this
project;
RATCA collaborates with:
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Association Infobalt EPA;
Association Žaliasis taškas (Green Point);
LKATA (The Lithuanian Communal Services
and Waste Management Association);
LASUA (Latvian Association of Waste
Management Companies)
ACTIVITY
Seminars
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Several seminars;
Two international;
Were discussed actual questions;
Companies made presentations of their
production;
ACTIVITY
Trips
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Buisiness trip to Poland and Germany in
2006;
Company “Shaffer”;
ACTIVITY
Sport competition
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Yearly summer sport competition;
Participants – teams from every Regional Centre,
Ministry of Environment and Environmental Projects
Management Agency;
The aim – encourage cooperation between Regional
Centres, exchange of expierence;
ACTIVITY
Cultural festival
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Will take place on 14-15 February;
WASTE GENERATION IN LITHUANIA
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5,7 mln tons per 2006:
4,4 mln tons industrial waste;
0,112 mln tons hazardous waste;
1,3 mln tons municipal waste
(392 kg/person per year);
86% municipal waste were landfilled;
WASTE GENERATION IN LITHUANIA
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0,817 mln tons construction and
demolition waste per 2006;
0,284 mln tons packaking waste per 2006;
1400 tons medical waste per 2006;
20 000 tons tyres waste per 2006;
22 000 tons electrical and electronic
equipment waste per 2006.
LANDFILLS
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4 new regional landfills started operating in
Šiauliai, Vilnius, Alytus and Klaipėda in 2007;
11 regional landfills in Lithuania are planned;
According to the National Strategic Waste
Management Plan all of old landfills must be
closed till 2012.
FEES
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Waste management charge is planned be
instituted in all regions of Lithuania (except
Utena and Marijampolė);
Utena and Marijampolė are planning to work
with the landfill fee;
Šiauliai Region is the first region where the
waste management charge was instituted;
NATIONAL WASTE LEGISLATION
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Environmental Protection Law, passed by
the Parliament in 1992 and amended in 1996.
The Law places the main responsibility for
environmental protection on the Ministry of
Environment.
The Law states that “the functions of other
national institutions in environmental protection
sector are defined by other laws and statutes of
said institutions”.
NATIONAL WASTE LEGISLATION
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Waste Management Law was adopted by the
Parliament in 1998.
Revised document transposed provisions of
Waste and Hazardous Waste Directives and
came into force from January 2003.
The Law provides for the basic requirements
for waste prevention, recording, collection,
storage, transportation, recovery, disposal as
well as for the principles of organization and
planning of waste management systems.
National Strategic Waste Management
Plan
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National Strategic Waste Management Plan
adopted by a resolution of Lithuanian
Government Nr.1224 of October 2007;
The strategic Plan sets a target by the year
2009 to expand public municipal waste
management service so it is used by at least
95 ;
National Strategic Waste Management
Plan sets targets:
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The Plan requires from municipalities to
organize collection of secondary resources;
The Plan requires:
- to equip 1 containers site for every 600
inhabitants in cities;
- to equip 1 containers site for every 800
inhabitants in other towns;
- to equip 1 containers site in every small
towns, individual homes areas, collective
gardens, garages communities.
National Strategic Waste Management
Plan sets targets:
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To equip 1 Bulky Waste Site for every 50000
inhabitants till 2009.
Biodegradable waste management
targets
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The Plan establishes targets for reduction of
landfilled biodegradable waste, which shall
not exceed the following rate of waste
landfilled in 2000:
- 75 % by 2010;
- 50 % by 2013;
- 35 % by 2020.
Packaging waste management targets
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The Plan sets a targets:
- to ensure organizational and technical
conditions for collection and processing not
exceed 50% of packaging till 2010.
- to ensure reusing not exceed 52 % of
packaging til 2010.
Packaging waste management targets
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Till 2013 to ensure organizational and technical
conditions for collection and processing not
exceed 55% of packaging by individual
materials it comprise for:
- Glass – 60%;
- Paper and cardboard – 60%;
- Plastics – 22,5%;
- Metal – 50%;
- Wood – 15%
Electrical and electronic equipment waste
(EEW) management targets
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Reach better results in collection and reusing
of EEW;
To ensure collection of EEW not exceed
4 kg/person per year till 2008.
PROBLEMS
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Plenty of politics and other interests;
Uncoordinated legislation base;
Lack of finances for projects implementation;
Public education and low public
understanding;
Thank you for your attention