EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union transmitted a series of recommendations and directives that have to be complied with by each member state. To this purpose, Romania has established quotas for the wastes recycling. The recycling quota for our country is 60% out of the total of packaging wastes introduced on the market. According to the law, the companies that introduce on the market packed products (R.E.O.- Responsible Economic Operators) must assure that the packages obtained following consumption are collected selectively and recycled in authorized recycling centers. On the contrary, the R.E.O. will pay a fee of Lei 2 /kilogram for the non-recycled packages quantities.
RECYCLING PERCENTAGE
If we neglect packing wastes collection and recycling, the costs will be transferred to the final user. The trials carried-out by experts in economy forecast price increases ranging between 4% and 25%. Thus, the decrease of production / import and of consumption will be imminent. Among the most affected categories of products, we mention the food ones, packed in glass or metal.
According to the available data, the recycling targets at the EU level tend to increase periodically, what causes the responsible economic operators, packages generators, to conclude firm agreements with TROs, in order to avoid the eventual sanctions.
USEFUL LINKS
- Ministry of Environment
- Environment Fund Administration
- National Agency for Environmental Protection
- European Environment Agency
LEGISLATION RELATED TO PACKAGES AND PACKAGING WASTES:
- Order no. 1281 /1121/2005 on establishing the rules for identifying containers for different types of materials for the purpose of selective collection;
- Order no. 794/2012 regarding the procedure for reporting of data on packaging and packaging wastes;
- Government Emergency Ordinance 196/2005 updated and consolidated variant (Paragraph Romanian legislation on environment fund);
- L249/2015 – (Paragraph Romanian legislation on packaging and packaging wastes);
- L211 /2011 updated and consolidated variant – (Paragraph Romanian legislation on packaging and packaging wastes);
- 578/2006 – (Paragraph Romanian legislation on environment fund);
- 932/2016 – (Paragraph Romanian legislation on packaging and packaging wastes);
- 549/2006 – (Paragraph Romanian legislation on environment fund).
ENVIRONMENT FUND:
- Government Emergency Ordinance 196/2005 on the Environment Fund, modified and amended;
- Order no. 549/2006 for approving the model and content of the form “Statement regarding the obligations to the Environment Fund” and the instructions for filling in and submitting it, modified and amended;
- Order no. 578/2006 for the approval of the methodology for calculating the Environment Fund contributions and taxes, modified and amended;
- Government Emergency Ordinance 31/2013 for the modification and amendment of the Government Emergency Ordinance 196/2005 on the Environment Fund;
- Order no. 35/2014 on the modification of the order of the minister of environment no. 549/2006;
- Order no. 192/2014 on the modification of the order of the minister of environment no. 578/2006.
WASTES MANAGEMENT:
- Government Decision no. 856 /2002 on the records of wastes management and for the approval of the list comprising wastes, including hazardous wastes, amended;
- L 211/2011 on the regime of wastes.
HAZARDOUS WASTES:
- Government Decision no. 1470/2004 on the approval of the National Strategy for wastes management and the National Plan of Wastes Management, modified and amended;
- Order of the Minister no. 1364 / 1499 / 2006 on the approval of the regional plans of wastes management, amended;
- Order of the Minister no. 1385/2006 on the approval of the Procedure for public participating in the issue, modification or review of the wastes management plans, adopted or approved at the national, regional and county level;
- Order of the Minister no. 951/2007 on the approval of the Methodology to issue the regional and county plans of wastes management.
