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Member State experience on waste oils
POLAND Malgorzata Kolodziej Nowakowska
Polish Energy Group Dolna Odra Power Plants
Group Szczecin / Poland Sofia / Bulgaria,
July, 21-22, 2009
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POLAND

• Area 312 thousand sq km
• Population (total) 38 million
  - population of urban areas 24 million
• 16 regions / voivodeships

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Szczecin city and seaport
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Polish Energy Group Dolna Odra Power Plants
Group
Elektrownia Dolna Odra

• Polish Energy Group
• the biggest producer of energy in Poland
• Dolna Odra Power Plants Group
• (near Szczecin)
• Dolna Odra (electricity)
• - 1772 MWe and 119 MWth
• Pomorzany (heat and electricity)
• - 134 MWe and 324 MWth
• Szczecin (heat and electricity)
• - 88 MWe and 220 MWth
• In total - 1994 MWe and 663 MWth
• Fuels coal and biomass

Elektrownia Pomorzany
Elektrownia Szczecin
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DIRECTIVE 75/439/EEC ON THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE
OILS

• amended by Directive 87/101/EEC and by Directive
  2000/76/EC
• is designed to create a harmonised system for
• the collection, treatment, storage and disposal
  of waste oils, such as lubricant oils for
  vehicles and engines
• also aims to protect the environment against the
  harmful effects of such operations
• waste oils are hazardous because they are
  carcinogenic
• untreated waste oils that are found in rivers,
  lakes and streams can threaten aquatic life
• while soil contamination results from untreated
  oils being left on the ground

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DIRECTIVE 75/439/EEC ON THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE
OILS

• The main provisions of Directive
• definition of waste oils any mineral-based
  lubrication or industrial oils which have become
  unfit for the use for which they were originally
  intended, and in particular used combustion
  engine oils and gearbox oils, and also mineral
  lubricating oils, oils for turbines and hydraulic
  oils (Article 1)
• definition of regeneration any process whereby
  base oils can be produced by refining waste oils,
  in particular by removing the contaminants,
  oxidation products and additives contained
  therein (Article 1)

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DIRECTIVE 75/439/EEC ON THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE
OILS

• The main provisions of Directive
• definition of disposal includes both recovery and
  disposal
• the obligation to ensure that waste oils are
  collected and disposed of without causing any
  avoidable damage to man and the environment
  (Article 2)
• the obligation to give the priority to the
  regeneration of waste oils upon other disposal
  option when economic, organisational or technical
  limitations so allow (Article 3)

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DIRECTIVE 75/439/EEC ON THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE
OILS

• The main provisions of Directive
• if the limitations mentioned above prevent the
  regeneration of waste oils, the next option to
  consider is their combustion (Article 3)
• the prohibition of discharges of waste oils to
  surface water, groundwater, drainage systems or
  coastal waters or into the soil, and the
  prohibition of processing of waste oils that may
  result in air pollution exceeding prescribed
  levels (Article 4)
• the collection of waste oils must be ensured and
  controlled waste oil collectors have to be
  registered (Article 5)

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DIRECTIVE 75/439/EEC ON THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE
OILS

• The main provisions of Directive
• undertakings regenerating or incinerating waste
  oils must have a permit (Article 6)
• the establishment of emission limit values for
  the incineration of waste oils (Article 8)
• the prohibition to use waste oils containing more
  than 50 ppm of PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyl) as
  fuel (Article 8)

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DIRECTIVE 75/439/EEC ON THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE
OILS

• The main provisions of Directive
• record keeping obligation for establishments
  producing, collecting and disposing of waste oils
  (Article 11)
• obligations of periodical inspections for
  undertakings regenerating or incinerating waste
  oils (Article 13)
• possibility of granting indemnities (insurances)
  to a collection or disposal option (Article 14)

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS

• REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE
  EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
  COMMUNITY WASTE LEGISLATION
• THE PERIOD 2001-2003 (published 2006)
• Directive 75/442/EEC on waste
• Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste
• Directive 75/439/EEC on the disposal of waste
  oils
• Directive 86/278/EEC on sewage sludge
• Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging
  waste
• Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS

• Under Directive 91/692/EEC (standardising and
  rationalising reports on the implementation of
  certain Directives relating to the environment)
  Member States are required to submit reports,
  drawn up on the basis of questionnaires.
• The report covers the period 2001-2003, i.e.
  before the accession of the ten new Member States
  to the EU on 1 May 2004.
• Thus, for this period the new Member States were
  invited to submit their reports on a voluntary
  basis. Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, and
  Slovakia did so.
• Most countries reported also electronically, via
  EIONET (European Environment Information and
  Observation Network).

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS

• All Member States have confirmed incorporation
  the Directive on the disposal of waste oils into
  their national legislation.
• Many stated that they had adopted more stringent
  measures for environmental protection reasons.

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS

• The data on waste oils management in EU
• In 2003 almost 2 million tonnes of waste oils
  were collected in EU-15, giving a collection rate
  of 81.
• Out of this amount, 44 was regenerated (highest
  regeneration rates recorded in Luxembourg, the
  Netherlands, Italy and Hungary) and 46 was
  combusted.
• Over the period 1995-2003 the total quantity of
  oil sold decreased by 11 (from 5 million tonnes
  to 4.4 million tonnes)
• While the volume of waste oils generated and
  collected remained almost stable the
  regeneration and combustion rates for waste oils
  showed no significant variation either.

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS

• Several Member States reported no limitation
  preventing them from giving priority to
  regeneration of waste oils, in line with Article
  3(1).
• Other Member States indicated such limitations,
  however, mainly arising from economic aspects
  such as the low volume of waste oils produced,
  the possibility of low-cost combustion in other
  Member States and saturation of the base oils
  market.
• The majority of the countries reporting had
  carried out public information and awareness
  campaigns, as required by Article 5(1).

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS

• About half of the countries indicated that waste
  oils are allocated to any of the types of
  processing (regeneration and combustion), as
  provided for in Article 5(3).
• The Member States reported that they had in place
  an authorization system for undertakings which
  handle waste oils and for undertakings collecting
  waste oils (Article 5(4)).
• Inspections are carried out to check compliance
  with the conditions laid down in the permits.

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS IN
POLAND

• Requirements of the Directive have been
  transposed into Polish law by
• Act on waste (2001)
• Act - Environmental Protection Law (2001)
• Act on obligations of enterprises on some waste
  management and product charge and deposit charge
  (2001)

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS IN
POLAND

• Polish legislation
• Act on waste (2001) Art. 39
• item. 1 Waste oils should be first recovered by
  regeneration which is understood as any process
  in which base oils can be produced by refining
  waste oils and especially by removal of oxidation
  products and additives contained in these oils.
• item. 4 Mixing of waste oils with other hazardous
  waste is forbidden, and including those
  containing PCB, during collection and storage.
• item. 5 Discharge of waste oils to waters, soil
  or to the earth is forbidden.

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS IN
POLAND

• Act on waste (2001) obligation to work out the
  waste management plan on national, regional,
  district (county) and communal (municipal) level
• National waste management plan 2010 - Resolution
  of the Cabinet 29 of December 2006
• Assessment of waste management plan performance
  once per 2 years

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILS IN
POLAND

• In 2004 about 84,5 thousand tonnes of waste
  oils were collected
• 50 were regenerated
• 4 recycling organizations which act on behalf of
  procedures and importers
• 3 significant instillations for regeneration of
  waste oils 145 thousand tonnes /year

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILSIN
POLAND

• Identification of problems
• lack of developed system for waste oils
  collection from small and medium enterprises and
  households
• lack of storages for collection of waste oils
  from maritime accidents

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILSIN
POLAND

• Forecast
• 2010 94,2 thousand tonnes
• 2014 90,4 thousand tonnes
• 2018 86,8 thousand tonnes
• drop in demand for lubricant oils extending of
  exploitation time of oils

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILSIN
POLAND

• National goals in waste oils management
• Until 2018 - keep of the regeneration level 50
  
• Installation for regeneration of waste oils are
  exploited in 50
• to aim at 100 exploitation of the
  installations

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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE ON WASTE OILSIN
POLAND

• Directions of future actions to make
  improvements to waste oils system
• Development of existing collection system as well
  as from dispersed places
• Standardization of devices
• Monitoring of waste oils treatment
• Supervision of waste oils producers (way of
  collection, storage, qualification for proper
  process recycling, regeneration)

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Methods of waste oils disposal in Poland
Rafineria Nafty Jedlicze SA Refinery Oil Jedlicze
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Methods of waste oils disposal in Poland

• Refinery Oil Jedlicze
• one of the oldest (since 1963) and the biggest
  oil refineries on the territory of Poland
• the company operates in
• waste oil regeneration into prime quality
  base-stocks (base oils)
• production and sales of low-sulphur heating oil
• production and sales of organic solvents meets
  the highest world quality standards

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Methods of waste oils disposal in Poland

• Refinery Oil Jedlicze
• Since 2001 the regeneration process has been run
  on the hydrofinishing plant
• The process meets the European Unions
  environment protection requirements
• The plant produces base stocks (base oils) of
  quality specifications required for Group I, and
  also heating oils of the sulphur content below
  0.01 .

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Methods of waste oils disposal in Poland

• Refinery Oil Jedlicze
• Three kinds of waste oils
• Waste oils I electro-insulating oils and oils
  for refrigerating compressors
• Waste oils II turbine oils
• Waste oils III other lube oils except of
  emulsifying oils and grease oils

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Methods of waste oils disposal in Poland

• The recovery facility for oil wastewater and
  water from washing ship holds (Spólka Wodna
  Miedzyodrze) in Szczecin seaport
• This installation meets requirements of law
• Company has got the IPPC permit

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The Polish Inspection for Environmental Protection

• Tasks and responsibilities
• Control enterprises and installations - their
  compliance with the environmental protection
  regulations
• Examination of quality and observation and
  assessment of condition of the natural
  environment, as well as changes occurring in
  environment

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Control of waste oils management

• Inspections of waste oils management
• Companies producing waste oil
• Companies recovering waste oil
• Inspections included 5 of companies in Poland
• Year 2003
• Country-wide range 16 regional inspectorates
• Set-up compare results of inspections in 2002

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Control of waste oils management

• Results of inspections - figures
• 6,000 companies have got permit to producing
  of waste oil
• 270 companies permit to collection of waste oil
• 50 companies permit to recovering of waste oil

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Control of waste oils management

• Results of inspections
• Inspections - 2003
• The level of obeying of environmental law is very
  different
• Some part of installations do not meet
  requirements of environmental protection law -
  these installations had to be modernized or
  closed
• General conclusion - waste oil at first should be
  recycled (by regeneration), but in practice many
  (small) companies use waste oil to recovery of
  heat

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• Thank you for your attention!
• Malgorzata Kolodziej-Nowakowska
• Manager of Environmental Protection Department
• Polish Energy Group Dolna Odra Power Plants
  Group
• 74-105 Nowe Czarnowo 76
• POLAND
• Phone [phone] Mobile phone 48 785
  85 00 03
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail mkolodziej-nowakowska_at_dolnaodra.com.pl