Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (MESD)

Institute for Environment and Nature

Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Radnicka cesta 80, 10 000 Zagreb

25 October 2024

25 October 2024

25 October 2024

Croatia applies the new calculation rules.

Data on packaging and packaging waste comes from the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme (EPR scheme). The Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF), acting as the only producer responsibility organization (PRO), collects data both on put-on-market from producers/importers and processed quantities from recovery/recycling facilities with whom they have contracts. According to the Ordinance that stipulates the management of packaging waste, stakeholders in the packaging and packaging waste management system are required to submit to FZOEU data on quantities and types of packaging placed on the Croatian market, and data on collected and processed packaging waste. 

Data on rotations of reusable packaging came from the survey research generating quantitative data for 2022. The Institute for Environment and Nature conducted the survey. A questionnaire on reusable packaging detailed data was sent to all subjects reporting usage of reusable packaging to the EPR scheme.

Separate collected packaging waste presents rather pure sources and has passed the sorting stage. Data on recovery and recycling is coming directly from the recovery/recycling facilities company. Packaging waste is separated from other types of waste and impurities and as such enters the recycling process. Paper and carton waste data additionally account for moisture content which is deducted.

Table : Institutions involved in the collection of data and distribution of tasks.

Recovery (R) and Disposal (D) codes are used as defined in the EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98.

Recovery (R) and Disposal (D) codes are used as defined in the EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98.

All sectors requested by PPWD are covered (industrial, commercial, household, and other).

Concept and definitions as in PPWD.

• Repaired wooden packaging will be accounted for in the coming years when sufficient data will be available.
• The amount of metals in incineration bottom ash (IBA) is not taken into account for the calculation of the targets because that methodology is not currently used for the recovery of Croatian packaging waste.

Closed-loop systems in place for reusable sales packaging.

Open loop for reusable transport packaging (wooden pallets).

There was no data reported for "other recovery".

Only the recovery of energy from wood packaging waste was reported. The calculation of the plant energy efficiency factor for the recovery status R1 was not performed.

The impact of temporary storage on recycled waste was assessed as insignificant, except for Ferrous packaging waste in the year 2022. and 2023. Ferrous packaging waste collected in 2022. in one facility processing iron cans stayed in temporary storage due to technical issues in the year 2022.

Data is collected at the legal company entities level by PRO and sent as aggregated data to the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (MESD)

• Reporting units for put on the market: producers, importers, exporters, distributors;
• Reporting units for recovery: recovery facilities.

All packaging waste generated within a country and treated per year.

Republic of Croatia / National.

Data are available from the year 2012. 

Not applicable.

Tonnes (t).

Calendar year.

Environmental Protection Act (Official Gazette 80/13, 153/13, 78/15, 12/18, 118/18) and Waste Management Act (Official Gazette 84/21, 142/23) assigns the responsibility of the Institute for Environment and Nature to be the central information authority of the Republic of Croatia for coordinating reporting to the European Commission on the implementation of specific environmental protection regulations, including waste.

Act on the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (Official Gazette No. 107/03, 144/12) establishes the Fund as an extra-budgetary fund in the capacity of a legal person with public authority. Public authority means the adoption of administrative acts on payment of the fees, keeping the register of persons liable to pay the fees, specifying the requirements to be fulfilled by beneficiaries of the Fund’s financial resources and conditions for granting the funding.

Arrangements and procedures for data exchange and delivery between EPEEF and the MESD are prescribed in the Waste Management Act (Official Gazette 84/21, 142/23) and The Ordinance on packaging and packaging waste (Official Gazette 88/2015, 78/16, 116/17,14/20, 144/20).

The statistical activities of the MESD are carried out under the Official Statistics Act (Official Gazette 25/20) and the long- and short-term strategic plans and reports of the State Statistical Office, the European Statistics Code of Practice, and the Quality Guidelines of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

The statistical activities of the MESD are carried out under the Official Statistics Act (Official Gazette 25/20) and the long- and short-term strategic plans and reports of the State Statistical Office, the European Statistics Code of Practice, and the Quality Guidelines of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

30 June 2024.

The release calendar is available at this website (Release calendar).

Waste statistics are published on the Institute for Environment and Nature website.

Annually.

News releases published on the website of the MESD.

Publications, reports, and indicators:

• Posebne kategorije otpada;
• Postrojenja i registri 2;
• Pokazatelji.

MESD Institute publishes on its websites legislation, manuals and instructions for companies, questionnaires, etc. Please visit this website (Isgo portal mingor).

Poslovi nositelja statistika otpada.

Please visit this website (Aplikacije).

MESD disseminates data and information also through meetings and workshops. Data and other information are available on request by phone, info mail, and other sources (see below) which is in line with the Act on the right to access information (Official Gazette, no. 25/13, 85/15, 69/22).

• Pravo na pristup informacijama;
• Kontakt.

Fund publishes on its pages information on legislation, methodological documents, manuals, and instructions for producers/importers/introducers: (Packaging and packaging waste fee).

MESD publishes on its webpages information on legislation, methodological documents, manuals and instructions for companies, questionnaires, etc (Upute i prirucnici).

Methodological documents and manuals are available at this website (Upute i prirucnici).

Guidelines available at: Methodological documents and manuals.

Accuracy:

• Data on recovery/recycling from the EPR system are cross-checked with the data reported in the database The Environmental Pollution Register containing, among data on waste generators and waste collectors, annual data from waste treatment facilities. Data available in the Transboundary Waste Shipment Database (TWSD) containing data from yearly reports on quantities and types of shipped waste are also used for cross-checking.
• Data on placed on the market are not cross-checked due to a lack of alternative sources and methodology.

Completeness:

• Data collection on Placed on the market data is done by the PRO which carries out certain QC checks (year-to-year comparisons are done, custom duty data are consulted, and random inspections by the Directorate for Inspection conclusions are used). Yet data certainly has not achieved the highest level of completeness. In the lack of alternative data, methodology, or mechanism to determine the share of uncovered data such analysis has not been performed and no adjustments have been applied.
• MENC validates the annual national data as reported by the Environmental Protection and Efficiency Fund acting as PRO. This includes checks related to consistency, plausibility, and development over time and observations are discussed with the Fund and through the Fund with the legal entities involved in reporting the data.

Data are collected from reliable sources.

Information on methodological documents, manuals, and instructions for producers/importers/introducers are published on The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (EPEEF) web page (Packaging-and packaging waste fee).

Information on methodological documents, manuals, and instructions for collectors and recovery facilities are published on The EPEEF web page: (Otpadna ambalaza izvan sustava povratne naknade).

On MESD web pages information on legislation, methodological documents, manuals, and instructions for facilities involved in waste management is published: (Upute i prirucnici).

Policymakers, competent bodies at national, regional, and local levels, expert institutes, companies, general public are provided with information on waste statistics on an aggregated level, as well as on a detailed level. 

MESD Institute prepares indicators, and reports for the presentation of aggregated data, while detailed data are accessible via online databases or at request.

Survey on users satisfaction is implemented periodically.

Datasets are complete.

Coverage issues exist related to POM data (free riders).

To achieve better control of the mandatory enterprises placing packaging on the market EPR Registry is about to be transplanted to The financial agency (FINA) and registration and data collection are to be performed in electronic form.

A survey on waste generation is to be performed in the coming years. 

A simple set of data on reusable packaging is obtained through the EPR scheme. Producers/importers are obligated to report quantities at first time placed on the market and disposal of end-of-life reusable packaging. Detailed data on rotations of reusable packaging are obtained by the survey conducted by the Institute for Environment and Nature. A questionnaire on reusable packaging detailed data was sent to all subjects reporting usage of reusable packaging to the EPR scheme.

The information in this section is to provide an overarching understanding of the accuracy of any statistical surveys used relating to packaging waste. Some of the information may be available in previous questions.

Not applicable.

The information in this section is to provide an overarching understanding of the accuracy of any statistical surveys used relating to packaging waste. Some of the information may be available in other concepts.

Not applicable.

The data comes from the EPR system with no additional data corrections performed. Certain analyses are planned in the coming period. Data source on the weight of recycled packaging waste is also the EPR system, with implemented controls on the weight of packaging waste as input to the recycling facility from which impurities are deducted, if necessary. For the above reasons, no additional correction factors were used.

Preliminary raw data from the EPR system are available on the 01st of May of the year succeeding the reference year. Final data are available in the fourth quarter of the year succeeding the reference year.

No time lag for delivery from the MESD to Eurostat.

Not applicable.

Data are comparable, with no methodological changes over time except changes following legal demands (composite packaging accurately dividing on composition material from the year 2020.).
Minor changes in waste generation calculation from 2021. adding end-of-life reusable packaging reported by entities instead of adding POM of reusable packaging (as calculated till 2020.).

The data are not fully coherent with other waste data sets because the EPR scheme is used as the only source recognized as the most relevant and complete source of data.

Statistics are consistent within a given data set.

Explanation detailing the causes of the tonnage difference (in relation to which waste streams, sectors, or estimates have caused the difference, and what the underlying cause is) for any component of packaging waste generated and recycled that shows greater than a 10 % variation from the data submitted for the previous data year.

Not applicable.

Data is published when considered final unless indicated as provisional. Correction of errors is possible and when this occurs, the document version is upgraded.

See 17.1.

Packaging waste generated data is based on packaging put on the market (PoM), obtained by the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (Fund), the centralized Producer Responsibility Organization in charge of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme in Croatia.
The Ordinance on packaging and packaging waste (Official Gazette 88/15, 78/16,116/17, 14/20, and 144/20) lays down that upon placing on the market in the Republic of Croatia, the producer/importer/introducer shall pay to the Fund the waste packaging management fee. Costs of collection and treatment of waste packaging in the system managed by the Fund are covered by the mentioned fee. Producers are reporting data quarterly to the Fund that must send yearly data to the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Institute for Environment and Nature (MESD). Through the survey, MESD has collected data on reuse packaging rotations, which are to be collected by the PRO in the coming years.

Data on recovery/recycling are also coming from the EPR system in which facilities with conducted contracts report the data on collection and recovery/recycling.

The waste samples for waste analysis are taken from:

The waste analysis is not yet performed in the scope that would be sufficient for reporting on packaging.

Annually for data on waste generation, collection, and management.

Data collection is done by the PRO through EPR scheme.

Not applicable.

Data collection forms, within the EPR system, contain requirements for reporting on composite packaging by the materials by which composed.

Additional information about the methodology, including the combination of methods used:

A single method is used - operators (treatment facilities) send data quarterly to the Fund which sends yearly data to the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

Not applicable.

The study covers detailed reuse packaging data for the year 2022. focusing on entities that reported usage of reuse packaging in the year 2022.

Calculation of recycling of metals from incinerator bottom ash : Detailed description of the method to collect data in order to calculate the amount of metals separated from incineration bottom ash in accordance with the Commission Implementing Act adopted in accordance with Article 37(7) of Directive 2008/98/EC.

 The amount of metals in incineration bottom ash (IBA) is not taken into account for the calculation of the targets because that methodology is not currently used for the recovery of Croatian packaging waste.

Data validation is done by MESD in close cooperation with FZOEU. 

The weight of packaging waste generated is considered equal to the amount of packaging placed on the market. The data comes from the EPR system with no additional data corrections performed. Certain analyses are planned in the coming period. Data source on the weight of recycled packaging waste is also the EPR system, with implemented controls on the weight of packaging waste as input to the recycling facility from which impurities are deducted, if necessary. For the above reasons, no additional correction factors were used. ALR is also not applicable because the data comes directly from the recycler facilities. There was no export outside the Union reported within the EPR system.

There has been no reported treatment of packaging waste outside the Union.

The columns in the table relate to information on verification procedures used within the national statistical reporting system to validate the accuracy of the data.

The columns in the table relate to information on verification procedures used within the national statistical reporting system to validate the accuracy of the data.

Generated waste packaging is calculated by adding up all single-use packaging placed on the market in the referent year and all end-of-life re-use packaging submitted to the recycle companies.
The recovery and recycling rates are calculated in percentage i.e. the total quantity of recycled or recovered packaging waste divided by the quantity of generated waste packaging.

Primary sources and their shares in the total

(*) Necessity of a certain minimum amount of waste, turnover etc. to be registered.

Primary sources and their shares in the total

(*) Necessity of a certain minimum amount of waste, turnover etc. to be registered

Packaging waste generated estimated by waste analysis

No estimates have been applied.

The collection scheme is intended for packaging material only. Reporting is based on European waste catalog codes. Data are obtained from the calculation point.

No data on the recovery of compostable packaging were reported.

No data on the recovery of composite packaging were reported.

Description of the sorted packaging waste to which ALRs are applied, types of sorting plants to which different ALRs apply, the methodological approach to calculating ALRs at such point(s), including the statistical accuracy of any surveys used, or the nature of any technical specifications.

ALR is not applicable because the data comes directly from the recycler facilities.

No adjustment has been performed.

Description, where applicable, of the methodology to exclude non-packaging waste from the reported amount of recycled packaging waste and of the methodology to correct the amount of packaging waste at the measurement point in order to reflect the natural humidity rate of packaging (including by using relevant European standards). Aggregated data across facilities of a similar type is acceptable.

Description of the methodology to exclude waste originating from other countries, where applicable. Aggregated data across facilities of a similar type is acceptable.

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