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Waste management records - What does it entail?
Waste management records begin with the identification of waste categories generated by a commercial company, continuing with monthly records, PRODDES reporting in SIM, handing over waste to authorized collectors for transportation, storage, treatment and recycling of waste, with the aim of reducing their harmful effect on health and the environment, as well as valorizing resources by reusing recoverable parts.
The records of waste management must be carried out by persons trained in this regard (Environmental Manager), and in the case of commercial companies whose activity requires authorization from the environmental authorities, it is mandatory by law for the person in charge of waste management to have specialized courses .
Waste management activity is regulated on the territory of Romania by GEO 92/2021 , GD 1061/2008 and GD 856/2002.
Waste Management and Records - Who is it for?
Waste management records are an activity that any commercial company must carry out because its own activity results in waste.
This activity, depending on the industry and the scale of the company, can be a more simplistic activity or a very complex one, but it is certainly a very important one from the perspective of the penalties that a commercial company can pay in case of non-compliance.
A business generating waste is responsible for the entire waste flow, from generation to termination of waste status.
In addition, commercial companies authorized for waste collection have additional responsibilities regarding waste management, namely, specific records and reports, such as:
- records and reports on the waste area of portable batteries and accumulators (B&A);
- records and reports on the electrical and electronic equipment waste area;
- records and reports in the area of used tires
- records and reports in the area of used oils (mineral and synthetic);
- specific records and reporting for any other hazardous and non-hazardous waste collected.
Obligations regarding waste management records
- Producers and owners of waste, legal entities, are obliged to classify each type of waste resulting from their own activity.
- To ensure a high degree of capitalization, waste producers and waste holders are required to collect at least the following categories of waste separately: paper, metal, plastic and glass.
- The waste producer or, as the case may be, any holder of waste has the obligation to carry out the treatment operations or to transfer these operations to an authorized economic operator carrying out waste treatment activities or to a public or private waste collection operator.
Failure to comply with these provisions is sanctioned with a fine from 20.000 lei to 40.000 lei.
- Legal entities holding an integrated environmental permit / authorization have the obligation to designate a person, from among their own employees, to monitor and ensure the fulfillment of environmental obligations or to delegate this obligation to a third party.
Violation of these provisions by legal entities is sanctioned with a fine from 15.000 lei to 30.000 lei.
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Hazardous waste management
Producers and holders of hazardous waste , as well as economic operators authorized from the point of view of environmental protection to carry out activities of collection, transport, storage and treatment of hazardous waste, are obliged to collect, transport and store separately the different categories of hazardous waste , depending on the physico-chemical properties, compatibilities and the nature of the extinguishing substances that can be used for each category of waste in case of fire, so as to ensure a high degree of protection of the environment and public health, including ensuring traceability from the place of generation to the final destination.
Violation of these provisions by legal entities is sanctioned with a fine from 20.000 lei to 40.000 lei.
PRODDES reporting in MIS for waste management
The reporting of data and information regarding waste management is done to the territorial authority for environmental protection, until March 15 of the year following the reporting year, in electronic format, by reporting in SIM (Integrated Environmental System).
Violation of these provisions by legal entities is sanctioned with a fine from 15.000 to 30.000 lei.
Failure to comply with the obligations entails the accumulation of fines.
Waste Management - Why Choose Stratos?
Stratos helps you comply with waste management legislation, both in terms of specific documents and reporting, as well as technically and operationally:
- monthly records
- annual reports
- concluding contracts with waste collectors
- verifying the correctness of waste traceability documents
- collection infrastructure
- staff training
- other services.
Waste management specialists - What role do they play?
The person responsible for waste management must have the necessary expertise and experience to take over this activity due to the complexity of the specific legislation.
The complete waste management services offered by Stratos involve:
- Dedicated environmental engineer, with Certificate of Specialist in waste management, code COR325713
- Preparation of the environmental file dedicated to your company, which includes monthly records, annual reports, traceability documents, etc.
- Reporting to the local Environmental Agency, both in writing and electronically, in the Integrated Environment System.
- Training employees on the prevention of waste generation and the obligation of selective waste collection.
- Consultancy for the identification of authorized service providers for the collection of waste by category.
- Monitoring the correctness of the traceability of generated waste.
- Monthly monitoring of internal waste management in order to comply with the legislation.
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Waste management records - frequently asked questions
Is selective collection mandatory for a company that only carries out office activities?
Yes, it is mandatory. There must be a container for each type of waste, labeled with the corresponding waste code: paper-cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, household, any other type of waste. The containers must be labeled with the name and code specific to each type of waste.
What is the difference between packaging and packaging waste?
It is one of the most common confusions among economic agents, namely the confusion between packaging and packaging waste. Any economic agent can generate packaging waste, and has the obligation to collect it selectively and hand it over to an authorized collector. The packaging placed on the market versus the waste generated as a result of the activity carried out by the economic agent give rise to different obligations towards the environmental authorities as follows:
- The introduction of packaging on the national market entails the obligation to quantify and centralize the weight of packaging introduced, to report it to the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM) and to pay to achieve the recycling objectives for it.
- The packaging waste generated as a result of the activity is subject to the regulations imposed by the Ministry of the Environment and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), namely their selective collection, delivery to an authorized collector, keeping and reporting of waste management records to the county APM.
What environmental obligations do I have as a manufacturer / importer of packaged products?
Economic operators producers and importers of packaged goods and retail packaging are obliged to calculate and declare monthly, by the 25th of the month following the month in which the activity was carried out, the total amount of packaging introduced on the market, broken down by type of material , respectively: glass, plastic, PET paper/cardboard, metal, aluminum, wood. The contributions provided for in art. 9 para. (1) letter d) of GEO 196/2005, namely 2 lei/kg, are paid only in the event of non-fulfillment of the objectives for the recovery of packaging waste introduced on the national market, for which they have not handed over responsibility to an OIREP.
In the case of a commercial company that purchases packaging from Romania to pack its products (bread, bakery) from its own production, who has the obligation to declare the packaging?
The obligation to pay the tax for the Environmental Fund rests with economic operators who introduce packaged PRODUCTS on the market. As you put the "bread" product on the market, which you pack accordingly, you have the obligation to pay the contribution for the packaging of those products.
For custom bags purchased in Romania, who must declare the quantity of packaging introduced: the manufacturer or the buyer?
The one whose mark is on the bag. If they are not customized, then the manufacturer declares.
Where should we declare the quantities of waste?
For the generated waste, the Waste Management Record is drawn up and submitted in the form of an annual declaration to the county APM.