The business entities that produce or sell electronic and electrical equipment will be obliged to set up electronic waste collection points. The announcement was made by Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment Nicolae Ciubuc, IPN reports.
“During the next three months, all the business entities that produce and sell electronic equipment and household appliances will be included in a database that will enable to monitor the collection mechanism. The database will enable to compare the sales of each operator and the quantity of collected waste so as to see if the entity gathered enough electronic waste,” the minister told a news conference.
The operators will be obliged to collect a volume of waste of at least 5% of the sales and will benefit from particular environmental tax concessions. The producers and importers are to stimulate the population to yield the used devices. Three business entities today received special containers for collecting electronic waste of small size. These were bought with the assistance of the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation.
Slovakia’s Ambassador in Chisinau Dušan Dacho said his country is an ally of Moldova on the path to development and modernization. “In time, we supported a number of environmental projects and provided grants for building aqueducts. We also supported the Republic of Moldova by experience exchange and good practices on different dimensions,” stated the diplomat.
In 2016, Moldova’s Parliament adopted a law on waste. On September 23, the Government Decision concerning the regulations on waste electrical and electronic equipment took effect. The regulations introduce a new approach to waste management by promoting the principle of extended producer responsibility based on which producers take responsibility for proper end-of-life product management.