overview of the hungarian implementation and practical experiences related to weee

21-22 July 2009 INFRA Workshop in Sofia

Overview of the Hungarian

implementation and practical experiences

related to WEEE

INFRA workshop in Sofia21-22 July 2009

Viktória Dezső – RTP expert

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/index_en.htm


Outline

• Basic definitions• EU & Hungarian legal framework• Overview of the Hungarian system• Challenges• Concluding remarks


Basic definitions

• producer and distributor/retailer• recipient• product fee (tax type of product

charge and it is partly reimbursed if certain targets are met)

• co-ordinating company• WEEE from private households• historical waste


§ Hungarian Legal background (1) §

Waste Electrical and Electronical Equipment

• governmental decree on take-back obligation of EEE (264/2004)

• ministerial decree on treatment requirements of WEEE (15/2004)

• ministerial decree on restriction of use of certain hazardous substances in EEE (16/2004)



closely relating to WEEE

• governmental decree on treatment requirements of hazardous waste (98/2001)

• governmental decree on registration and administration obligations regarding waste (164/2003)

• ministerial decree on the waste register (EWC – European Waste Catalogue) (16/2001)


Problems with interpretation

• In the EWC there are two options for WEEE:– Hazardous EWC 16 02 13* and 20 01 35*– Non-hazardous EWC 16 02 14 and 20 01

36

• Transportation of WEEE– from the take-back or collection place to

the waste treatment place the WEEE is considered as non-hazardous waste


Target & Deadlines• According to 2002/96/EC directive article 5

(5) by 31 December 2006 separate collection of at least 4 kg/capita /year on an average of WEEE from households should be achieved.

• With 2004/312/EC Council Decision CZ, EST, HU, LV, LT, SK received an extension by 24 months. => deadline 31 December 2008


Targets & Deadlines for collection

2005 2006 2007 2008WEEE needs to be collected (thousand tons)

10 18 30 421.Large household appliances 9 % 18 % 28 % 36 %2. Small household appliances 5 % 10 % 15 % 19 %3. IT & teleccomm.equipment 9 % 17 % 26 % 35 %4. Consumer equipment 9 % 17 % 25 % 33 %5. Lighting equipment/lamps operating on the princ. of gas discharge

1/0 % 2/0 % 4/1 % 5/1 %6. Electrical and electronic tools 1 % 2 % 4 % 5 %7. Toys, leisure & sport equipment 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 %


Targets & Deadlines for collection

2009 20101.Large household appliances 38 % 39 %2. Small household appliances 20 % 20 %3. IT & teleccomm.equipment 37 % 37 %4. Consumer equipment 35 % 35 %5. Lighting equipment/lamps operating on the princ. of gas discharge

5/30 % 5/30 %6. Electrical and electronic tools 5 % 5 %7. Toys, leisure & sport equipment 5 % 5 %9. Monitoring and control instrument 5 % 5 %10. Automatic dispensers 5 % 5 %


Targets & Deadlines for recycling & recovery

2005 2006 2007 2008Category of electrical and electronic equipment

R-rate recovery rate R-rate recover

y rate R-rate recovery rate

R-rate

recovery rate

1. Large household appliances 20% 19% 40% 38% 60% 56% 80% 75%

2. Small household appliances 18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

3. IT and telecomm. equipment 19% 16% 38% 33% 56% 49% 75% 65%

4. Consumer equipment 19% 16% 38% 33% 56% 49% 75% 65%5. Lighting equipment 18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%5. a) Lamps operating on the principle of gas discharge

20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% 80% 80%

6. Electrical and electronic tools 18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

7. Toys, leisure and sport equipment 18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

8. Medical devices - - - - - - - -9. Monitoring and controlling instruments 18% 13% 35% 25% 53% 38% 70% 50%

10. Automatic dispensers 20% 19% 40% 38% 60% 56% 80% 75%


Who is responsible for what? (1)

At National level• Government → issues legislation• Ministry for E&W → issues legislation, writes

and sends the report to the EC• National Environmental, Nature Protection and

Water Chief Inspectorate → registers the producers, co-ordinating companies→ checks the producers’ compliance (fulfilment of the various obligations)→ imposes waste management fine→ obliged to process the provided data until 1 Sept.



At Regional and Local level• Regional Environmental, Nature Protection

and Water Inspectorates (10) → take care fulfilling the various obligations in case the obligor fail to do that→ issue permits for WEEE treatment→ inspect WEEE treatment facilities→ impose waste management fine

• Local municipalities → organise public service for waste collection



• Producers→ take back the waste from EEE and the historical

waste (take-back obligation) without any fee!→ collect WEEE at least according to the minimum

specified rates (collection obligation)→ recycle and recover the collected WEEE at least

according to the minimum specified rates (recycling obligation)

→ provide proper disposal for the rest (disposal obligation)

→ inform the retailer and consumer about the take-back and collection obligation (information obligation)

→ have a permit from the competent environmental authority to operate independent collecting site



•Retailers/Distributors→ take back the used EEE without any

fee!→ can pay an incentive to the consumer→hand over to the WEEE to the producer

according to the marketing contract→ can reject the take back obligation in

case of the contamination of the WEEE


Financial aspects•Producer→ has to finance the costs of taking

back, collecting, recycling, recovery and disposal

•Owner→ has to pay the costs of a non-

household WEEE



Relating to

Electrical and Electronical Equipment

• Environmental Product Fee Act (1995)• its complementary decrees on the

implementation


€ Product fee examples (1) €

Scope of products with product fee obligation EUR/kgLarge household appliances except f or f ridges 0.30Small household appliances 0.30I T and telecommunication equipment except f or mobile phones

0.32Consumer equipment 0.36Electrical and electronic tools except f or large stationary industrial tools 0.30Toys, leisure and sport equipment 0.36Monitoring and control instruments 0.32Automatic dispensers 0.33Wireless telephone equipment 3.6

Product fee rates from 1 January 2006

Source: Annex 9 of the environmental product fee act (1995)


Reimbursement• 100 % exemption

• in case of fulfilling the collection, recycling, recovery rates and disposal obligations

• except mobile phoneswhere the recycling rate should reach 29,1 % in 2007


€ Product fee examples (2) €

Nominal cooling volume of a product (cooling equipment) EUR/piece

0 - 120 litre 9.77

between 120.1 - 250 litre 17.6

above 250.1 - litre 45.37

until 0.5 kg 2.44between 0.51 and 2 kg 4.36

above 2 kg 11.41

Product fee rates from 1 January 2005

Source: Annex 3 of the environmental product fee act (1995)


Reimbursement

Recycling rate exemption30 % 50 %+ 1 % + 1.5 %

50 % 80 %above 50 % max. 80 %

Cooling equipment

Source: Annex 1 of 53/2003 governmental decree


WEEE collection systems within EU

Collective system(monopoly)

• dominant national system responsible for collection, recycling and financing of WEEE

• non-governemntal, not-for-profit companies are set up

• usually organised into product categories => to achieve max. efficiency in recycling

• e.g.: B, NL, SE

Competitive clearing system

• national framework with multiply partners (producers, recyclers, etc.) providing services

• government ensures the register of producers

• government defines allocation mechanisms, reporting and monitoring systems

• collection obligation of each producer

• to avoid monopolistic situation

• e.g.: UK, ES, D, F, I


Hungarian system• Collective System• Product fee system => co-ordinating

company – not-for-profit organisation• Registration of producers and co-ordinating

companies is mandatory• Contract between producer and recipient has

to be approved by the Chief Inspectorate• Administrative obligations => set up a

public information system <= Chief Inspectorate’s responsibility


Registration of producers and co-ordinating

companies• done by the Chief Inspectorate according

to requirements set by the Hungarian governmental degree on WEEE

• 971 registered producers and 6 registered co-ordinating companies for WEEE(http://orszagoszoldhatosag.gov.hu)


How the system worksProducers971 registered Retailers

Co-ordinating companies6 registered

ChiefInspectorate

Collecting networkCivic amenity sites

shops

Treatmentfacilities

municipalities

Public utilitycompanies

independently

Waste flowInformation flow Money flow


Basic factsCollected amount of WEEE

41460

10984

23647

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

2005 2006 2007

quan

tity

in th

ousa

nd t

ons

Source: http://okir.kvvm.hu/hir


Basic factsRecycled amount of WEEE

2280

29953971

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

2005 2006 2007quan

tity

in

thou

sand

ton

s

Source: http://okir.kvvm.hu/hir


Number of issued valid permits at national level

Treatment/Waste code EWC 160213* EWC 200135*

pretreatment 58 65recovery and recycling 24 29disposal 7 9 EWC 160214 EWC 200136pretreatment 76 94recovery and recycling 28 33disposal 13 22

Source: http://kezelo.kvvm.hu/


Threats

• to meet not only the collection targets but the recycling and recovery targets as well


Our Challenge (1)• to create a new revised

directive based on:1.clear financial

responsobility of the producers

2.appliance-based recycling targets

3.introducing reuse targets4.guarantee for a

transparent system


Our Challenge (2)• to create a new revised

directive based on:5. confirmation of local and

regional authorities6. collection targets based

on the quantities put on the market

7. centrialised database


Concluding remarks

A study (by request of the Commission) was carried out by an independent research institute to evaluate the transposition of the directive and its implementation.


Strong WEEE

Recycling Culture

Strong WEEE Infrastructure

/Systems

Weak WEEE

Recycling Culture

Weak WEEE Infrastructur

e/Systems

SwedenBelgium

Netherlands

Austria

UK Germany

Denmark

Italy

France

Portugal

Cyprus

Hungary

Finland

Malta Greece

Poland

IrelandSpain

Luxembourg

Transposition evaluation of the MSs

(made by external researchers in 2006)

EstoniaCzech

RepublicSlovakiaLatvia

Lithuania

Slovenia

Existing Upgrade

Early Adopters Late Adopters

New Member StatesSystem and Culture

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Contact data

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