Key E-Waste Statistics

By creating the BiH ESAP 2030+, the competent institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) received an Environmental Strategy and an Action Plan with strategic and thematic goals, with feasible, clearly defined and adopted measures. The content of BiH ESAP2030+ refers to seven EU areas of the environmental acquis, including the thematic area of Waste.

by M.Sc. Ševala Korajčević

Abstracts:

By creating the BiH ESAP 2030+, the competent institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) received an Environmental Strategy and an Action Plan with strategic and thematic goals, with feasible, clearly defined and adopted measures. The content of BiH ESAP2030+ refers to seven EU areas of the environmental acquis, including the thematic area of Waste.

The BiH ESAP 2030+ strategy ensures a coordinated approach to solving priority issues and uniform harmonization with EU legal regulations, which is of particular importance in the context of the Circular Economy and the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans. By signing the Sofia Declaration in 2020, Bosnia and Herzegovina undertook to work on sustainable production, waste reduction, sorting, and recycling for reuse, in accordance with the Green Agenda.

The Agency for Statistics BiH (BHAS) is continuously working on improving the quality of statistical data on waste, as well as providing data in accordance with new requirements. Waste statistical surveys were prepared in accordance with the provisions of the EU regulations in the field of waste and the prescribed methodological recommendations of Eurostat.

Key words: e-waste, indicators, statistics

1. ITU-UNEP-UNITAR E-Waste Monitor for the Western Balkans

The ITU Office for Europe and the Department of Environment and Telecommunications, the UNEP Regional Office for Europe, the Program Office in Vienna and the UNITAR-SCYCLE Program have joined forces within the regional project 'ITU-UNEP-UNITAR E-Waste Monitor for the Western Balkans' .

The objective of which was to support national level data producers in making official statistics on e-waste and facilitate the production of globally harmonized statistics in the area. In general, the project contributed to building the foundation for green and sustainable digitization processes, contributed to the achievement of sustainable development goals, especially SDG 12, "Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns", where e-waste has a sub-indicator according to SDG 12.4.2, "Hazardous waste management” and SDG 12.5.1 'National recycling rate'.

The Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina used a common methodology and tool for calculating the mass of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market (POM) and waste electrical and electronic equipment generated (E-WG) (MANUAL for the use of the WEEE calculation tool, 2017). Based on the tools and methodology developed by UNITAR, the BHAS managed to compile the e-waste statistics indicators from 2010 up until 2022 in compliance with the UNU-KEYs and the EU-6 classification system.

2. International Reporting Requirements

Based on the tools and methodology developed by UNITAR, the following indicators were constructed:

1) Total EEE Put on Market (unit kg/inh) -this represents the size of the national e-goods market.

2) Total E-waste generated (unit kg/inh) - this represents the size of the national e-waste market.

Electrical and electronic equipment put on the market (POM) in relation to e-waste generated (e-WG), Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011-2022, kg/ per capita

In the period from 2012 to 2022, the amount of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina increased from 32 thousand tons in 2012 to 47 thousand tons in 2022. The noticed decrease for 2020 compared to 2019 is attributed to the negative impact of the COVID 2019 pandemic on the entire economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina during 2020.

The annual amount of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market per capita is increasing, and in 2022 it is higher by 4.3% compared to 2021. Large equipment (EU6) (excluding photovoltaic panels) accounts for 36.4% of the total amount of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market in 2022.

The total electrical and electronic waste generated is increasing. The total amount of e-waste in 2022 is higher by 2.3% compared to the previous year. The average annual amount of e-waste per capita is constantly growing, in 2022 it is higher by 5.8% compared to 2021.

The Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina has prepared the transmission of available data to Eurostat through Questionnaire WASTE_WEEEDAT_A . It is based on data collected within the framework of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE Directive).

REFERENCES:

[1] Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina „ Electrical and electronic waste", November, 2024
[2] Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina „Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals",2023

published: Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3|2025
Keywords: Sustainability, Climate, WEEE - Batteries, Methods, Analyses, Data, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ševala Korajčević
Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina