WEEE PROPER TREATMENT LITHUANIA‘S EXPERIENCE Dalius Krinickas Director of Waste Department, Ministry of Environment, Lithuania Tallinn, October 1, 2015

LR aplinkos ministerija2 LT situation 1068 producers and importers Individually or collectively (organizations) 3 organizations acting (no individual actions) 104 collecting companies 25 recyclers / 10 exporters Organizations must have a license Guaranty should be provided to get a license Agreements with municipalities Agreements with waste treatment companies

LR aplinkos ministerija3 Goals and Targets Goal – 4 kg / per 1 person Quantitative targets for 2015 / 2016 – 45% __________________________________________ Targets should be achieved according to the amount of electronics placed on the market for business purposes

LR aplinkos ministerija4 Some figures, 2013 Placed into the market – 27,5 thousand t Collected – 16,2 thousand t Treated – 15,9 thousand t Recovery / recycling rates – 77,2% / 70,4% Recovery rate (%) Product category Large household appliances78,282,380,0 Small household appliances75,978,273,0 IT & Telecommunication74,675,073,5 Consumer equipment76,979,678,1 Lighting equipment70,070,972,0 Gas discharge lamps Electrical & electronic tools78,476,873,0 Toys, leisure & sports equipment74,779,173,6 Medical devices78,481,872,5 Monitor & control instruments82,283,178,8 Automatic dispensers80,680,480,1 Total75,878,977,2 Reuse & recycling rate (%) Product category Large household appliances73,5 75,0 Small household appliances70,369,766,8 IT & Telecommunication65,965,264,3 Consumer equipment67,165,468,5 Lighting equipment65,957,860,9 Gas discharge lamps78,366,267,9 Electrical & electronic tools73,370,963,8 Toys, leisure & sports equipment58,654,251,5 Medical devices71,769,362,6 Monitor & control instruments79,071,174,4 Automatic dispensers76,175,675,1 Total71,770,4

LR aplinkos ministerija5 WEEE Treatment Requirements Main pillars: Placing on the market – first step of treatment Labelling – obligatory to put into the market Collection – separate, at least 1 place, not less then 200 t Transportation – to the treatment sites Treatment – storage, equipped places, installations Information – to society, waste treatment companies Traceability – to know where, when and how Accounting – all the actions on waste treatment Cooperation – public, private, enforcement Information sharing – internal, external

LR aplinkos ministerija6 Responsibilities Producers / importers: Registration in the state registry of producers and importers Organize proper treatment Financing Inform society and waste treatment companies Perform accounting Implement targets Reporting quarterly Public institutions: Set goals and targets Coordination of institutions’ actions Control of producers and waste treatment companies Licenses to producers and importers Permits to waste treatment companies Accounting Monitoring Partnership and shared responsibility (each institution recognizes its responsibility for the environmental protection objectives and acts according to available measures).

LR aplinkos ministerija7 Foreseen improvements Review of Licensing requirements of organizations (autumn–winter, 2015) Enhance Cooperation with producers, public institutions, enforcement institutions (working groups starting in October 2015) Analyze different codification, information (together with Customs, State Tax Inspectorate, 2015–2016) Prepare National waste shipment plan (project in the early 2016) Implement electronic accounting system (2018)

LR aplinkos ministerija8 Licensing Separate regulation of issue, correction, suspension, repeal of licenses, deadlines for infringements; Terms for answers, procedures, possibility to extent terms for consideration and removal of violations; Set the order of the imposition of fines (percentage from the annual turnover); Possibility to perform all procedures electronically.

LR aplinkos ministerija9 Cooperation Working platforms: MoE, EPA, Organisations, Confederation of Industrialists, Association of Municipalities, Ministry of Economy, Confederation of Employers: issues to discuss – licensing, agreements with municipalities, reuse, recycling standards; MoE, EPA, REPD, Customs, State Tax Inspectorate, Police department: issues to discuss – codification, reporting/tax/placing into the market; Proposal for LV, EE to prepare technical guidelines on waste shipment (during Senior Officials Meeting in Lithuania)

LR aplinkos ministerija10 Waste shipment Implementation of Waste Shipment Regulation; First project in the early 2016; Participating institutions: MoE, EPA, State Environmental Protection Survey, Customs, Police Department, State Border Protection Survey, Ministry of Transport, State Road Transport Inspectorate, State Railway Inspectorate; The result: an effective control, physical check of cargo, cargo inspection from the starting to the last point, operative information sharing.

LR aplinkos ministerija11 Accounting Project consists of the following phases: 1) public procurement – 2015; 2) preparation and submission for EU funding – 2015; 3) development and installation (20 months); Main aspects: integration of permits, tax, State registry; filling and tracing data in real time; the ability to share and analyze data; an effective data control, convenient; availability 24 h; less mistakes; Expected launch: 2018 m. I quarter; The ability to involve producers and importers: testing of demo version.

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