PDP #3: HAZ-IDENT
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania ·Lithuania
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">As correct identification and classification of hazardous waste is crucial for proper decision making in the whole waste management chain – from generation to final treatment. </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania initiated this project aimed to improve the capacity of Lithuania's environmental authorities and other public and private stakeholders to identify and classify hazardous waste properly in line with the EU Framework Directive on Waste.</span></span></span></p> <p><br> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>The project includes:</strong></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Analysis on the main sources of hazardous waste and treatment options; </span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Development of a unified methodology for identification of hazardous waste;</span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Development of video lectures for online learning;</span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Training workshops for representatives of environmental authorities and economic entities to use the methodology for identification of hazardous waste;</span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Study visits to Norway for staff of Lithuania's environmental authorities.</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color: #000000">Project benefit</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">The project will provide uniform tools to authorities and companies to classify hazardous waste, thus reducing the risk of potential harm to environment and minimizing the probability of disputes or litigation cases. </span></span></span></p> <p><br> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Target groups of the project: </strong></span><span style="color: #000000">Employees of state environmental protection institutions (Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Protection under the Ministry of Environmental Protection) and representatives of economic entities operating in the field of hazardous waste management or generating hazardous waste.</span></span></span></p> <p><br> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>The project is implemented jointly with the partners</strong>: Environmental Protection Agency and Environmental Protection Department under the Ministry of Environment </span><span style="color: #000000">whose specialists will provide comments and suggestions during the preparation of the methodology and after the project will use the methodology for the implementation of their direct functions.</span></span></span></p>
Project partners
- Environmental Protection Agency of Lithuania Project partner· Lithuania
- Environmental Protection Department of Lithuania Project partner· Lithuania