07 October 2018 - Energy producers, metal and mineral production and processing, as well as waste management and other areas such as production of cellulose and paper, slaughterhouses and intensive livestock and pig farming will have to follow strict European rules defined by the law on industrial emissions that the government is to adopt by the end of the year. General Director of the Directorate for Environment, Ivana Vojinović, said this law represents a great novelty in Montenegro and each one of these areas will be defined by a decree.
Everybody will have to enforce the Best Available Techniques (BAT) and work more in order to prevent and reduce pollution, by the effective recovery of energy, reduction of waste and implementing measures for preventing car accidents and their consequences. The law on industrial emissions will determine certain obligations for industrial facilities, in order to avoid or reduce pollution by emissions and waste production as well.
“The law will reflect the Directive on Industrial Emissions which entered into force in January 2014. The main goal of the Directive is to reduce pollution by emissions coming from different industrial sources in the EU. According to the framework estimations, there are more than 50,000 such facilities. We will also adopt the secondary legislation, which is to define the limit values of GHG emissions, i.e. for the co-incineration plants, activities that involve usage of solvers and production of titanium dioxide (TiO2). The law on industrial emissions is based on modern European standards and procedures and elaborates all impacts that the facilities have on specific segments of the environment. There is a 2-year deadline for the existing facilities to prepare for the new requirements,” explained Vojinović.
For the upcoming green industry innovations in Montenegro, she added, we need an integrated approach, which would upgrade pollution controls and encourage changes in practices, while introducing the new and innovative technologies. And this exactly is what the new law envisages.
According to Vojinović, the law on industrial emissions strengthens the role of the public, especially in the process of making decisions and systematic information processing.
Source: Cafe del Montenegro
