Economic Themes (2013) 51 (2) 9, 393-409
Sonja Jovanović, Bojan Krstić, Vesna Janković Milić
Abstract: Inadequate management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) leads to environmental pollution and threatens human health. A number of countries that are in the process of joining the European Union (EU) are characterized by non-systematic and institutionally unfinished approach to regulation of WEEE. In these countries, this problem has been neglected for long time, and not timely addressed. However, the fact that WEEE has the highest growth and progressive legislation in the EU, led the competent authorities of these countries to seriously address the institutional solutions, adoption of new, and improvement of existing regulations. Appropriate legal regulations are in force in the developed EU countries and the world for a long time, so that countries in the EU accession process find examples of good practice in them. The aim of this paper is to analyse institutional arrangements for managing WEEE in the EU and especially in the countries that are in the EU accession process.
Keywords: management; waste; regulations; improvement
STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF WEEE – CHALLENGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRIES IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Sonja Jovanović, Bojan Krstić, Vesna Janković Milić
Abstract: Inadequate management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) leads to environmental pollution and threatens human health. A number of countries that are in the process of joining the European Union (EU) are characterized by non-systematic and institutionally unfinished approach to regulation of WEEE. In these countries, this problem has been neglected for long time, and not timely addressed. However, the fact that WEEE has the highest growth and progressive legislation in the EU, led the competent authorities of these countries to seriously address the institutional solutions, adoption of new, and improvement of existing regulations. Appropriate legal regulations are in force in the developed EU countries and the world for a long time, so that countries in the EU accession process find examples of good practice in them. The aim of this paper is to analyse institutional arrangements for managing WEEE in the EU and especially in the countries that are in the EU accession process.
Keywords: management; waste; regulations; improvement
