Appoint waste management officers (waste officers)

You

• operate a plant requiring a permit, a landfill site, a hospital or a wastewater treatment plant of size class 5,
• are a holder of waste within the meaning of Section 27 of the Closed Substance Cycle Waste Management Act (e.g. because you take back packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment or waste batteries) or
• operate a take-back system for sales packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment or waste batteries, or
• sell electrical or electronic equipment in your food store (> 800 square meters) permanently or several times a year?

Under certain conditions, you must appoint a company representative or a company representative for waste (waste representative). You can also appoint several people as waste officers. You can find out for which facilities you actually have to appoint waste officers in the Ordinance on Waste Officers.

The tasks of waste officers include, among other things

• Monitoring waste streams generated in the company from generation or delivery to disposal.
• Compliance with legal regulations and official requirements.
• Notification of deficiencies and development of proposals to rectify them.
• Informing employees about the harmful effects of waste on the environment.
• Developing and introducing environmentally friendly processes and products.
• Drawing up an annual report on the measures taken and planned in connection with the generation and disposal of waste.

You must support your waste officer in the fulfilment of their tasks. To do this, you must provide him or her with

• Provide rooms, facilities and equipment as required and
• enable participation in training courses.