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West Balkan Workshop on Waste, 6-7 Nov 2008, Copenhagen

West Balkan Workshop on Waste

EEA

Presentation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Copenhagen, Nov 6-7, 2008

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West Balkan Workshop on Waste, 6-7 Nov 2008, Copenhagen

• Framework Environmental Laws based on EU requirements adopted in 2003. (Waste directive, IPPC, etc.)– Decree on obligatory reporting for waste

generators and waste operators in accordance with operational permit

• National Waste Strategy developed in 2001 is financed/implemented by the EU and World Bank (new strategy on the horizon)

• Decree on the format, content and procedure of reporting by waste generator

• Complex instituional set up - 2 entity ministries of environment + 10 cantonal ministries of environment, 3 statistical units

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Country up-to-date info

• Data collection, monitoring and reporting in the waste sector lags behind other sectors such as water and air sector

• Statistical agencies are responsible for collecting data on household and industrial wastes (Law on statistics)

• Entity environmental ministries are responsible for collecting data on industrial, hazardous wastes as well as waste management facilities

• Statistical agencies use certain forms (KOM-6a) to collect data from communal enterprises – difficulties with methodology and definitions

• No reliable figures or statistical data are available due to lack of systematic/long term reporting

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• Existing reporting activities are mostly based on obligations arising from few international conventions and agreements (e.g. Basel convention).

• A polluter register is under preparation• A reporting scheme (w/EIONET) has been

proposed but not implemented yet

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Regional approach to landfilling

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West Balkan Workshop on Waste, 6-7 Nov 2008, Copenhagen

Targets based on estimates

269 kg/capita

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West Balkan Workshop on Waste, 6-7 Nov 2008, Copenhagen

GAPS to comply with WSR

• Municipal waste generation and disposal – small coverage

• Industrial/hospital waste generation and disposal not reported

• Regulation needs to be fully incorporated into local legislation with clear methodological aprroaches, definitions and nomenclature

• Existing and future reporting needs to be streamlined

• Reporting between certain entitites has not been instituionalized

• Lack of adequate treatment facilities for many waste types listed in WSR (e.g. haz wastes)

• Lack of capacity and interest in the industry

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... continued

• The existing survey based on form KOM-6a is outdated and not harmonized with WStatR 2150/2002

• Data submitted by Communal Enterprises (Public utilities) are insifficient, inreliable and inconostent

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West Balkan Workshop on Waste, 6-7 Nov 2008, Copenhagen

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Unclear hierarchy and designated reporting bodies

• Lack of a state level environmental agency (min 2 year lag)

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West Balkan Workshop on Waste, 6-7 Nov 2008, Copenhagen

Proposed structure by EC funded project

BiH Agency for Statistics

FBiH Agency for statist. RS Agency for Statist.

Comunal Enterprises

Communal Enterprises

Waste producers

Waste producers

NRC

MCE

Consultants

MCE

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The proposed structure....

• Lacks the involvement of entity ministries related to environment which...– Collect and report data to the Basel Convention,

and– issue “waste management permits” to waste

management companies – issue “environmental permits” to waste

treatment/disposal sites– as well as issue “environmental permits” to

industrial facilities

• ....... All of these permits are issued based on annualy reported quantitites in accordance with the Environmental and Waste management laws.

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West Balkan Workshop on Waste, 6-7 Nov 2008, Copenhagen

Current and planned donor projects

• Financed by SIDA - SUPPORT TO STATISTICAL SYSTEM + PILOT SURVEY ON WASTE GENERATION IN INDUSTRY– Implemented by BHAS, Federal Institute of

Statistics, RS INstirute of Statistics and Statistics SWEDEN (SCB)

– Duration: Jan 2007 to Dec 2009– The overall project will establish a sustainable

statistics system including environmental statistics– The pilot project tests certain questionare and

provides feedback– Pilot survey was conducted a sample of 100 business

entities registered in NACE D-Manufacturing– 17% companies refused to be surveyed– Methodology based on Waste Statistics Regulation

2150/2002/EC WstatR

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Conclusions

• Need for better understanding and implementation of WstatR...

• Developing adequate methodology for data collection

• Capacity building• Better cooperation and information exchange

will be required between the Ministries of environment of statistical agencies of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Regional reporting may become standard practice

• Statistical institutes should take a leading role in defining nomenclatures, methodologies data crunching

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