{"id":7719,"date":"2022-06-27T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/?p=7719"},"modified":"2022-06-27T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:47:12","slug":"special-edition-digest-waste-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/monitoring\/special-edition-digest-waste-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Special edition digest. Waste management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Draft bill <\/span><\/span>#\u202f2207-1<\/span><\/span><\/a> of June 4, 2020<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Verkhovna Rada passed a law introducing the waste management hierarchy in Ukraine. It is one of obligations under the European Union\u2014Ukraine Association Agreement.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cosponsors<\/strong>:<\/span><\/b> 16 MPs with Oleh Bondarenko as the first signatory.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Status: <\/span><\/b>adopted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is affected: <\/span><\/b>inhabitants of Ukraine, producers, and local governments.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Background: <\/span><\/b>In 2014, Ukraine signed <\/span>the European Union\u2014Ukraine Association Agreement<\/a><\/span>. Among other things, the state took an obligation to improve its system of waste management. A modern approach to waste management is based on <\/span>the waste management hierarchy<\/a><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why this is important: <\/span><\/b>For a long time, Ukraine had no hierarchy of waste management. There was no legislation introducing and enforcing waste sorting via environmental tax or extended producer responsibility.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That is why in the communities without centralized domestic waste collection the major part of all waste ends up on landfill sites or illegal dumps. Current waste management, or rather its absence, presents a significant environmental problem for the country and violates the obligations of Ukraine under the Association Agreement.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary of the bill:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Introduces the following waste management hierarchy:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Prevention<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Reuse<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Recycling<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Recovery (including incineration)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Disposal at landfill sites.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Introduces extended responsibility for producers whose products at some point became or produce waste:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Packages<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  1. Electrical and electronic equipment<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                    1. Batteries and storage cells<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                      1. Vehicles<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                        1. Oils, tires, and textile<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                          1. Obliges producers to organize or pay, individually or collectively, for the collection and processing of waste they are bringing to the market<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                            1. Prohibits importation of waste from other countries for burial on the territory of Ukraine<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                              1. Obliges local governments to create waste sorting points and households \u2014 to sort domestic waste<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                1. Sets the timeline for local governments to ensure the following shares of domestic waste are reused or recycled:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                  1. 10% \u2014 by 2025<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                    1. 20% \u2014 by 2030<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                      1. 25% \u2014 by 2035<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                        1. 35% \u2014 by 2040.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                          What is right:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n