This law regulates: types and classification of waste; waste management planning; entities of waste management; responsibilities and obligations in waste management; organizing waste management; management of special waste streams; conditions and procedure for issuing permits; transboundary movement of waste; waste reporting and database; financing of waste management; supervision, as well as other issues of importance for waste management.
The most recent major changes are:
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The Law on Waste Management, namely Art. 62, 70 and 72a stipulates that a financial guarantee or equivalent insurance must be attached as one of the documents submitted with the request for the issuance of a permit,
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Abolition of the obligation to obtain a permit for the waste producer for the temporary storage of its own waste generated in the course of carrying out its basic activity at the location where the waste was generated,
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Extension of the deadline for handing over waste from temporary storage from 12 to 36 months, after which the producer, owner or other holder of waste must hand over the waste for reuse or disposal,
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The period of validity of the Waste Characterization Report is defined. The report is valid for 5 years, and at the end of that period, a new one must be issued by hiring an authorized laboratory.
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On the basis of Article 8V, the Minister adopted the Rulebook on types of waste for which a request can be submitted, permitted procedures and treatment technologies for types of waste and other special elements for determining the termination of the status of waste ("Official Gazette of RS", no. 19/2024-85, 47/2024-33),
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Development of a Construction and Demolition Waste Management Plan.
