How are the waste batteries and accumulators managed in the EU Member States and how to deal with it in Serbia were the topics of a workshop held within EU-funded PLAC project aimed at supporting Serbia’s preparation for EU accession by improving policy and legislation processes.
How are the waste batteries and accumulators managed in the EU Member States? What are the systems for collection of batteries and accumulators? Where can batteries and accumulators be disposed and how are they labeled? What are the ways to sort and treat, recover this type of wates? What roles do state institutions, local authorities, producers and importers, as well as citizens and economic operators generating this sort of waste, have in the system?
In the workshop held on 21st October the experiences of Austria, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia in implementing the WBA management system were presented, together with the Serbian legal framework related to WBA management, and options for waste batteries and accumulators management system for Serbia.
Through Policy and Legal Advice Centre (PLAC) project the European union supports Serbia’s preparation for EU accession by improving policy and legislation processes.
PLAC aims at improving the current system of legal harmonisation and approximation with EU legislation, supporting the development of national legislation aligned with the EU acquis, and ensuring proper implementation of the legislation, including the necessary by-laws and enforcement mechanisms.
