Waste managment
Waste management in the company is carried out in accordance with the Waste Management Plan and the applicable legislation, by applying the principle of hierarchical waste management. The plan identifies the types and quantities of waste, procedures and ways of separating different types of waste. Waste flows, methods of storage, treatment and disposal of waste have been established. Measures taken to reduce the production of waste, measures to protect human health and the environment, as well as measures for the protection against fire and explosion are defined.
The company has hired operators who have waste management permits obtained from the competent authorities of the Republic of Serbia for the realization of waste disposal. By introducing such a waste management system, the daily quantities of stored waste at HIPP locations have been reduced.
In the field of waste management, contracts were concluded with authorized operators for the disposal of all types of waste, while during 2024, good practice continued – the takeover by the supplier, free of charge, of contaminated oil packaging for the purpose of recycling or reuse.
Each waste collection is accompanied by a Waste / Hazardous Waste Movement Document.
In order to monitor data on contracts, test reports, operators and their permits, generated and disposed of quantities of waste, NIS has developed a Waste Recording Application, which is also used in HIP-Petrohemija.
The generated waste is stored in warehouses that meet the legal requirements and is handed over to the authorized operator for further disposal and treatment for a period of three years at the latest.
At HIP-Petrohemija, 2024 was marked by the activities of historical waste disposal. Waste from the Ethylene Plant was disposed of. A contract has been concluded with the mercury (Hg) disposal operator. Also, all stored quantities of liquid hydrocarbon residue from the Synthetic Rubber Plant were disposed of.
Activities have commenced on the implementation of the polypropylene plant construction project, within which, for the purpose of cleaning up the location for the construction of the future factory, waste concrete and brick were disposed of, as well as the construction material containing asbestos.