{"id":4618,"date":"2023-09-07T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2023-09-25T14:25:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T11:25:38","slug":"what-businesses-can-expect-from-a-new-waste-management-reform-and-how-to-prepare-for-the-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/2023\/09\/07\/what-businesses-can-expect-from-a-new-waste-management-reform-and-how-to-prepare-for-the-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"What businesses can expect from a new waste management reform and how to  prepare for the changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Law of Ukraine &#8220;On Waste Management&#8221; came into force on July 9 and the preparation of the<br \/>\nnecessary legal framework, which will implement the mechanisms of the Law is underway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the responsibilities of waste generators?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; self-processing of waste with a recycling permit or transfer it for processing to waste<br \/>\nmanagement entities that have such a permit;<br \/>\n&#8211; keep records and reports on the waste generated by their activities<br \/>\n&#8211; develop and implement of plans of enterprises, institutions and organizations for wastemanagement<br \/>\n&#8211; submit a waste declaration (according to the new form) if the activity of such a generator of<br \/>\nwaste results in the generation of hazardous waste or the annual generation of non-hazardous<br \/>\nwaste exceeds 50 tons;<br \/>\n&#8211; compensation for damage to the health and property of Ukrainian citizens, environment,<br \/>\nenterprises, institutions and organizations as a result of violation of established rules of waste<br \/>\nmanagement, in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4626 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/used-plastic-bottles-recycling-bins-earth-day-campaign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/used-plastic-bottles-recycling-bins-earth-day-campaign.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/used-plastic-bottles-recycling-bins-earth-day-campaign-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/used-plastic-bottles-recycling-bins-earth-day-campaign-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/used-plastic-bottles-recycling-bins-earth-day-campaign-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/used-plastic-bottles-recycling-bins-earth-day-campaign-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/used-plastic-bottles-recycling-bins-earth-day-campaign-112x75.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As long as the necessary legal framework is in preparation, each entrepreneur can already analyze<br \/>\ntheir activities in terms of requirements and <strong>start the following steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Classify your waste according to the new National List of Waste. The draft of this document is<br \/>\nalready published and should be approved in the near future.<br \/>\n2. Determine whether the waste is safe or hazardous. If necessary, carry out the necessary<br \/>\nlaboratory tests in accordance with the established procedure.<br \/>\n3. Understand what waste operations the facility will perform under the new legislation.<br \/>\n4. Prepare documents for obtaining permits for waste treatment operations in accordance with<br \/>\nArticle 42 of the Law of Ukraine &#8220;On Waste Management\u201d.<br \/>\n5. With regard to hazardous wastes, consideration should be given to: according to the new rules<br \/>\nsuch waste can only be handled by an enterprise licensed for a complex of operations including<br \/>\nrecycling or disposal. So, in this case, you should take care of getting licenses in advance.<br \/>\n6. If the enterprise collects and transports hazardous waste to other countries, this type of service<br \/>\nrequires a license.<\/p>\n<p>According to the new Law, <strong>digital tools<\/strong> are planned, in particular the following to be made<br \/>\navailable for businesses on the EcoSystem unified online platform:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; E-cabinets for business;<br \/>\n&#8211; a waste management information system through which waste accounting will be implemented,<br \/>\nall waste-related activities will be monitored and reported.<br \/>\nThe information system will:<br \/>\n&#8211; submit documents and obtain licenses;<br \/>\n&#8211; apply online for authorization for waste treatment operations;<br \/>\n&#8211; obtain an opinion on the transboundary movement of waste;<br \/>\n&#8211; automatically generate a waste declaration. The company will only have to check the generated<br \/>\nfile and sign it. Such reporting will also be sent by the system to the State Statistics Service of<br \/>\nUkraine, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses can already start preparatory work for the implementation of the reform of their waste<br \/>\nmanagement, which will help accelerate change and improve the waste situation in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t know where to start?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Specialists of the &#8220;Center LTD&#8221; Company are ready to undertake comprehensive support of your<br \/>\nbusiness in matters of waste management: they will offer you effective solutions for the preparation<br \/>\nand obtaining of permit documentation, they will advise you on matters of waste accounting,<br \/>\nsubmission of relevant reports and waste declarations under the new form, will help with the<br \/>\ndevelopment and implementation of enterprise waste management plans.<\/p>\n<p>You can familiarize yourself with the full list of services and experience of the Company on the<br \/>\nofficial website center-ltd.com.ua. For professional advice, call: +38 096 781 05 37, +38 067 725 54<br \/>\n32, or send questions to: eco@center-ltd.com.ua<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law of Ukraine &#8220;On Waste Management&#8221; came into force on July 9 and the preparation of the necessary legal framework, which will implement the mechanisms of<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4623,"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions\/4623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/center-ltd.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}