By adopting the "Regulation on Waste Management Information System" in the Official Gazette of FBiH no. 97/18, entered into force on 13.12.2018. The Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism has created a legal basis for the preparation and creation of a Waste Management Information System.

The FBiH Environmental Protection Fund, with UNDP as a partner, initiated the preparation and construction of the Waste Management Information System at the end of 2019, all as part of a larger project called "Urban LED". The selected consortium of Eurobit d.o.o. Sarajevo and JLZ d.o.o. Sarajevo worked for 15 months on the design of the Information System, with all its components, so that the Information System would be completed and handed over to the FBiH Environmental Protection Fund for management in December 2020.

The waste management information system of the Federation of BiH was put into operational use on January 1, 2021.

According to the Decree on the waste management information system, reporting entities, ie. Obligors of registration and direct data entry into the information system are: a) Waste management entities - which perform one or more waste management activities, such as public and private utility companies, waste collector, recyclers, importers and exporters of waste, landfills, plant operators waste treatment, entities that manage green islands and recycling yards, entities that produce fuel from waste or use waste as fuel, etc.) b) Entities that produce / have waste as a result of their activity or production process; c) Manufacturers, importers and distributors of products that after use become special categories of waste (packaging, electrical and electronic products, oils, batteries and accumulators, tires and cars) that produce and / or import products in BiH.

All entities that manage waste (a) as well as entities that as a result of their work and production process produce / have waste (b) should be registered in the Waste Management Information System of FBiH and submit data for 2020. no later than June 30, 2021.

Manufacturers and importers of products (c) (packaging, electrical and electronic products, oils, batteries and accumulators, tires and cars) which after use become special categories of waste are required to register and submit data to the waste management information system for 2020. no later than 31.03.2021.

They invite all reporting entities to fulfill their legal obligation and to register and submit data to the Waste Management Information System of the Federation of BiH within the given deadlines. They note that one of the preconditions for participation in the Public Calls for Allocations of the FBiH Environmental Protection Fund will be registration in the regular submission of data to the waste management information system.

You can find additional information at www.fzofbih.org.ba and www.otpadfbih.ba, e-mail obavijest@fzofbih.org.ba as well as by phone 033 723 680.