Act On Waste and on Amendment of Certain Acts

The Act regulates the prevention of waste generation, waste handling, waste management and the establishment of the Recycling Fund. The purpose of waste management shall be as follows: (a) prevent waste generation and restrict its generation in particular by (i) developing technologies saving natural resources; (ii) the manufacture of products which equally as in final products increases the quantity of waste as little as possible and decreases the environment pollution as much as possible; (iii) developing suitable methods of disposing dangerous substances contained in the waste earmarked for recovery; (b) recover waste by its recycling, re-use or other processes allowing obtaining secondary raw materials; (c) exploit waste as a source of energy; (d) dispose waste in a way not threatening to human health, not damaging to the environment. The Law consists of ten Parts dealing with the following matters: introductory provisions (Part 1); waste management plans (Part 2); competence of state authority (Part 3); import, export and transit of waste (Part 4); handling of waste (Part 5); treatment of dismantled vehicles (Part 6); recycling fund (Part 7); competence of municipalities as regards waste management (Part 8); accountability for failure to comply with obligations (Part 9); interim and final provisions (Part 10). The Recycling Fund shall be set up as a non-state special purpose fund to pool financial means to support the collection, recovery and processing of (a) spent batteries and accumulators; (b) waste oils; (c) used pneumatic tyres; (d) multi-layer combined materials; (e) electronic scrap; (f) plastics; (g) fluorescent tubes containing mercury; (h) paper; (i) glass; (j) vehicles (k) metal packaging wastes.