EUROPEN - the amount of packaging waste decreases
A new report by the Organisation Europen (The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment), based on official data published by the European Union, informs about the success of the recovery and recycling of packaging waste and reducing the amount of packaging sent to landfill.
Napriek tomu, že v rokoch 1998 – 2008 došlo k zvýšeniu HDP členských krajín o 48%, množstvo obalov umiestených na trh v EÚ sa zvýšilo len o 10% a množstvo odpadov z obalov zneškodneného na skládkach odpadov pokleslo až o 57% (do štatistiky sa nezarátavajú obaly a odpady z obalov z dreva). Správa konštatuje, že postupne dochádza k nárastu recyklácie a zhodnocovania odpadov z obalov zatiaľ čo ukladanie odpadov z obalov na skládky zaznamenáva výrazný pokles.
Splnenie cieľov EÚ recyklovať 55% odpadov z obalov dosiahlo už 12 členských štátov, ktoré tak mali urobiť do konca roku 2008 a 3 členské štáty (Írsko, Portugalsko a Česká republika), ktorých termín bol rok 2011 alebo 2012 (v prípade Českej republiky). Slovenská republika by mala túto hranicu dosiahnuť do konca roku 2012 (v roku 2008 zrecyklovala približne 48% odpadov z obalov). Množstvo odpadov z obalov uložených na skládkach odpadov v Slovenskej republike od začatia monitoringu v roku 2003 (keď vstúpil do platnosti prvý zákon o obaloch) každým rokom klesá a množstvo zrecyklovaných odpadov z obalov má vzrastajúcu tendenciu. Výnimku predstavuje len rok 2008 nakoľko celé hospodárstvo bolo v danom roku postihnuté krízou.
Rok 2008 bol poznačený krízou a znížením cien druhotných surovín, čo viedlo k zníženiu recyklácie v členských štátoch EÚ, no i napriek tomu údaje za posledné desaťročie dokazujú, že systémy manažmentu odpadov z obalov jednotlivých členských krajín boli úspešné a nastavené tak, aby boli ekonomicky aj environmentálne udržateľné. Ako povedal generálny riaditeľ EUROPEN-u Julian Caroll: „V súvislosti s celkovou udržateľnosťou je stále viac a viac dôležité, aby boli obaly a odpady z nich chápané ako súčasť riešenia na dosiahnutie cieľov optimalizácie zdrojov a minimalizácie odpadov a nie ako problém.“
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