The Law no. 152 of 3 april 2006
(known as The Environmental Textbook), on part
IV dictates the waste procedures, and the reclaiming of the polluted
sites, and its point no. 181 in relation to the recuperation of
the waste reads as follows:
1. For a correct waste management the competent
authorities will encourage the reduction of their final disposal
of, through:
a)reusing, recycling or other forms of reclaiming;
b)adopting economic measures, and determining contracting
conditions which contemplate the utilisation of materials
recuperated from waste, in order to favour a market for such materials;
c)the utilisation of waste products as fuels or as similar
means to generate energy.
2. To increase the potentials of reusing,
recycling, and reclaiming, the competent authorities along
with the producers will promote examinations on life-cycles of the
products, environmentally orientated financial assessments, information
and every other useful initiative.
3. The waste management regulations apply all the
way to the completion of the reclaiming process.
With the come into force of the 22/97 act several kinds of waste
products, including the “consumables” for printing
had become special waste, and therefore not to be mixed
to the solid urban waste. This kind of waste had to be recycled
or disposed of in dumps. (as of 2000/532/CE, 2001/118/CE, 2001/119/CE,
2001/573/CE directives).
Question: What are the most significant amendments
to the 152/06 act, and its subsequent alterations/interpretations?
With the application of the Law Act no.4 of 16 Jan 2008,
further provision are added to better and adjust the Law Act 3 Apr
2006 , no. 152, and the major changes to this that affect us are
the following:
-Art 181 bis introduces the definition
of matter, substance, and secondary product.
-Art 183 modification to point m) i.e. definition
of temporary deposit, and particularly the
second section states that “waste must be collected
and sent to reclaiming process or disposal according to one
of the following methods, to the producer’s discretion,
at least once every three months, regardless of the quantity,
whenever the amount of hazardous waste reaches the limit of
10 cubic meters, and the non hazardous one reaches the limit
of 20 cubic meters. In any case the temporary deposit cannot
exceed the lifespan of one year. (cannot last longer than
one year).
-Art 189. Waste registry. This article
sees the exemption from presenting the MUD of the
farm industry (as for art. 2135 of Civil Code) with a yearly
turnover of 8000 €, as well as industry and initial
producers with no more than 10 units staff.
-Art 190 in relation to the loading and unloading
logbooks on section one we stress out that the subjects mentioned
in art.189, section 3 are obliged to keep a logbook for loading
and unloading, where to note all information regarding quality
and quantity of the waste.
The notes need to be carried out
by the producers, at least 10 working days from the production
of the waste and its unload.
Section 3 of article 190 states that the
logbooks will be kept with every production plant,
but above all the novelty brought to the Law Act 4, differently
to the 152/06, is regarding the authentication of
the logbooks which no longer will be carried out
by Inland Revenue, but as reads section 6, The registers are
numbered authenticated and managed according to the procedures
and methods dictated by the Vat registers regulating body.
The logbooks will be considered properly filled even when
on regular A4 sheets as long as regularly numbered. The
logbooks will be numbered and authenticated by the local chambers
of commerce.
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1. WHAT DOES THE ITALIAN
LAW PROVIDE FOR A CORRECT MANAGEMENT OF THE PRINT WASTE ?
The waste can be :
-Directed to the local Council.
-Directed to subjects who belong to the Association of Waste Managers,
to be disposed of or recycled.
In any case the producer will be given an Identification
Form.
2. WHAT IS A WASTE IDENTIFICATION
FORMULARY ?
It’s a document to be filled in 4 copies, that should describe
the nature of the waste product, and helps identify the subjects
involved in the process.
One copy is for the Producer/owner of the load, the others are for
the recipient, and for the driver/, who will have to post one back
to the owner within three months from the handling of the load.
The copies must be kept for 5 years.
3. WHO IS THE RESPONSIBLE OF THE WASTE
?
The producer /owner of the waste is responsible of it until it is
handed over to an authorized dealer. The producer has the obligation
also to make sure that the dealer is indeed qualified to manage
his/her waste. And to check the identification form is returned
within three months from the handing over of the load. In case of
failure of reception of the copy the producer has to inform the
local authorities
4. DISPOSAL OR RECYCLING
?
The main point of the Act 152/06 is encouraging the reclaim and
recovery of the waste products through the separate collection of
the waste that’s sent to the dumps.
A waste product is reclaimed when it undergoes a process which makes
it:
Reusable for the same purpose it served originally,
Reusable as a different item of a production chain ( as in waste
generated power stations).
A waste product is disposed of when it is put in
a specially intended dump in accordance to the very nature of the
product. (i.e. urban, toxic, hazardous ecc.)
5. WHICH COMPANIES
CAN MANAGE THE PRINT WASTE ?
All the companies members of the Association of Waste Management,
that have informed the provincial authorities of their activity.
They still are requested to carry and fill the identification form
when collecting any waste.
6. DOES RECYCLING MAKE YOU SAVE MONEY
?
As from 1 Jan 2006 the council tax on waste has changed into tariff,
meaning that it will have to put into consideration the actual quantities
of the waste handed to the public collection centers. And moreover,
whoever can prove to have sent a part of their waste to recycling
will be granted a reduction on the due fees, in proportion to the
quantity of waste reclaimed. Ecoprint introduces "RECYCLING
FOR THE FUTURE", a program that allows for a collection
of printing related waste free of charge, completed with all the
paperwork required by the law.
Last Update: 04/03/2008
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