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Waste Act

i lugemine lopetatudEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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11 September 2017

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11 September 2017

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Summary

The new version of the Waste Act has been prepared as part of the reorganization of environmental law and replaces the Waste Act and the Packaging Act that have been in force until now. One of the most important changes for the population and waste management companies is the development of the price of the municipal waste transport service. In order to motivate people to sort waste more than before, according to the new rules, the prices for separately collected waste and mixed household waste must be shown separately on the garbage collection bill. Because it was divided giving away the collected waste is significantly cheaper than giving away mixed household waste, by pointing out the price difference customers can be motivated, for example, not to throw paper and packaging into mixed household waste. In order to make the use of public collection containers clearer, the law harmonizes the color schemes of waste containers according to the type of packaging waste that can be thrown there. There must be new containers for paper and cardboard packaging waste blue, glass packaging waste containers green and mixed packaging waste containers yellow. There is no need to repaint the existing collection tanks as it is too expensive. The financial guarantee requirements of producers and the producer responsibility organization are specified. The financial guarantee of the manufacturer of the problem product must cover the costs of organizing and handling the waste generated from the products he has placed on the market. For example, if found in the forest tire pile, it will be cleaned and the costs will be covered by the guarantee. There are also changes in the organization of the collection and recycling of old tires, battery and battery waste, and household electronic waste. From now on, producers of these products, i.e. manufacturers or importers, are obliged to join or sign a contract with a producer responsibility organization. Until now it was voluntary.

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