The Verkhovna Rada registered a draft law “On Waste” №4838), which inter alia provides for the establishment of the “National list of wastes”, reports

“In order to establish a unified nomenclature and coding of waste in Ukraine created (designed and implemented) National list of wastes. It is designed to be used as the most general level of identification of waste, which ensures harmonization of the procedure at both the national and international levels.

The main tasks of the National list of wastes is to provide information and analytical prerequisites for solving a wide range of issues of public waste management and resource management in general, as well as the introduction of harmonized international standards of classification of waste and ensure harmonized definition of hazardous waste in Ukraine and other countries, particularly the European Union ” , – stated in the bill.

It is expected that the national list will be applied to the state statistical system, other systems of accounting and certification of waste, maintaining a register of educational facilities, recycling and disposal of waste disposal sites registers, in the preparation of sectoral and corporate inventories.

National list of wastes is binding for determination of wastes that are hazardous because of their origin, composition, and concentration limits of hazardous substances. Identification of a waste as a hazardous and their inclusion in the National List is carried out based on the presence of one or more of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III of this Act.

If certain wastes assigned to the national list of dangerous, do not exhibit any of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III to this Act, they can be identified by the manufacturer as dangerous. On each of these cases, the waste producer shall promptly notify the specially authorized central executive authority in the field of waste management, while providing relevant information and justification.

National list of wastes shall be subject to regular (at least once every 5 years) to review and update, international documents, consent to be bound by which undertook Ukraine taking into account the changes that have occurred in the relevant international instruments accepted as binding by assumed the Ukraine, and domestic data and suggestions, which have received the necessary justification. Viewing the List of Waste, the inclusion or exclusion of certain wastes, international harmonization of procedures carried out by specially authorized central executive authority in the field of waste management.

Recall that in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine want to adapt environmental legislation to EU standards.

Against consideration of such bills, in particular, that solve the problems of waste disposal in Ukraine, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Semerak (quota “Popular Front”). His position, he argumentovue that all legislation must comply with its strategy, which in the best case, will be in December.

From this position the Minister not agree either in parliament or in the expert community. Environmentalists said they did not intend to wait for the next execution of promises and expect to see is an abstract strategy. According to them, each minister has publicly promised such a strategy, however, Ukraine still lives without it that way, it is a violation of the international Basel Convention requirements.

According to the chairman of the All-Ukrainian Ecological League Tatiana Timochko daily Ukraine accumulates a significant amount of waste, including hazardous and trust the words of politicians who have not offered any adequate solutions for the past six months – is inappropriate.

The same position and have the people’s deputies. According to People’s Deputy from “BPP” A.Nedavy incident on Gribovetskoy dump showed that Ukraine does not have time to talk about the future and the next writing strategies that can not replace the law. Therefore, the conviction politics, people’s deputies have to respond to the pressing issues in the field of waste today, and in December, possibly correct them, adapting to the Ministry of Environment strategy, if it is still to be written.
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