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The Act on Amending the Waste Act and the Packaging Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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11 May 2020

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21 April 2021

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The bill changes the requirements and measures related to the collection of waste by type, extended producer responsibility, waste prevention, local government units and state waste plans, and the improvement of waste recycling in order to achieve better results in the preparation and recycling of waste reuse. The wording of liability provisions and penalty rates are also specified. By December 31, 2023 at the latest, bio-waste must be organized everywhere collection at source or alternatively composting at source. From 2025, local governments (local governments) must organize the separate collection of textile waste in their territory. In the future, it will be possible to make exceptions to the collection of waste by type in the territory of the Municipal Corporation only if certain conditions are met, and these exceptions, along with reasons, will be set by the Municipal Corporation in the waste plan and waste management regulations. Household waste must be reduced by 2030 disposal to at least 10 percent of the total amount of household waste generated. In addition, new target figures are established for the preparation and recycling of household waste for reuse and for the recycling of packaging waste. From 2025, at least 55 percent of household waste must be prepared for reuse or recycled, after five years already 60 percent, and by 2035 recycling must have increased to 65 percent. With the bill the recycling of packaging waste must reach 65 percent by 2025 and 70 percent by 2030. In addition, recycling targets are established for packaging materials by type. Obligations related to extended producer responsibility are also clarified. For example, the mandatory limit of the auditor's check of the packaging report will be raised in order to direct resources to those packaging companies that release the largest part of the packaging mass on the market, and to reduce resource consumption of small packaging companies. Until now, companies that put more than 5 tons of packaging on the market per year had to pass the audit, but from now on the limit will be 20 tons per year. Those packaging companies whose packaging accounting is in order will have to pass an auditor's inspection only every three years. In the case of producers of problem products and associations of producers, the Environmental Inspectorate may require an audit inspection if necessary. To be specified the wording of liability provisions and the maximum possible penalty rates for legal entities will be increased. Instead of the previous 32,000 euros, the maximum penalty will be 400,000 euros in the future. The bill takes over and fulfills the obligations arising from the relevant directives of the EU.

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