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Extended producer responsibility - WEEE packaging B&amp A

Extended producer responsibility for packaging, waste electric & electronic equipment, waste batteries & accumulators

We ensure compliance with the EPR for WEEE, packaging and B&A in Croatia and according to the Directives on:

  • Waste – 2008/98/EU

  • Packaging – 94/62/EC

  • WEEE – 2012/19/EU

  • Batteries – 2006/66/EC

YOUR CHALLENGE:

  • Do you need the service of an authorized representative for: WEEE, packaging or batteries & accumulators?
  • Are you a manufacturer that puts electric and electronic equiptment, packaging or batteries on the Croatian market?
  • You don’t have a Croatian VAT number, but you have legal obligations?
  • Or is it just difficult for you to keep track of the various changes and additions to a large number of ordinances?

INTERZERO OFFERS YOU

Individual counseling regarding legal obligations

Submission of reports to the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund

WEEE / packaging / B&A regulatory consulting

One contract for EPR in Croatia

Visit our new website on Extended Producer Responsibility!

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For all questions about the offer, contact our team!

Katarina Jerbić

Head of enviromental consulting

katarina.jerbic@interzero.hr

T +385 91 611 8043

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    Check for recycling

    CHECK FOR RECYCLING - Do you want to make your packaging more sustainable?

    Recycling represents an effective way of preserving natural resources and the possibility of including waste raw materials in the circular economy cycle. If the amount of single-use plastic is not limited, it is predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish.

    In order to close the circle of materials, it is necessary to know the proper procedure of separate waste collection.Bottles made from recycled PET material, for example, have become a textbook example of reuse in the packaging industry. With the “Check for recycling” check for recycling, Interzero brings sustainable strategic measures in the field of packaging to the Croatian market.

    Check the recyclability of your product’s packaging and get the “Check for recycling” sign, which will place you among the companies that manage their packaging sustainably. We analyze the recyclability of your packaging using a software tool that determines the possibility of collecting, sorting and processing the packaging. Based on good input data, you can get a quick assessment of the recyclability of your packaging.

    If your packaging has achieved a high recyclability rating, you will receive a “Check for recycling” mark. Otherwise, we provide expert guidance on how to improve the packaging. The service is intended for suppliers and companies that sell packaging or products in their own packaging.

    For all questions about the offer, contact our team!

    Katarina Jerbić

    Head of enviromental consulting

    katarina.jerbic@interzero.hr

    T +385 91 611 8043

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      Purchase of packaging

      Collection of returnable and non-returnable packaging

      Friendly employees of Interzero collect packaging directly from citizens in the client’s store or in the shopping center and sort all the packaging received on machines for automatic packaging collection.

      Employees pack this packaging in the bags provided for it, transfer it from the packaging area to containers, order removal if necessary, and fill out the accompanying, legally required documentation during removal.

      The satisfaction of your customers

      Our employees in your store and shopping center will collect the packaging personally from customers or from the device for automatic packaging collection. This way of working makes handing over packaging to your customers simpler, faster and more pleasant, and reduces the possibility of receiving defective packaging that is not in the Fund’s system, thus reducing the costs of receiving such packaging to a minimum. Interzero assumes the Fund’s fines for taking over packaging that is not in the Fund’s system. Our employees are educated and friendly and professional in contact with your customers.

      Note: Interzero only works with legal entities at the locations of legal entities (retail chains, recycling yards…).

      Feel free to contact us with any questions or for an offer.

      Contact

      otpad@interzero.hr

        Open positions in Interzero Croatia

        We are looking for more executors to work on the acceptance of packaging for seasonal needs throughout the country.

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        About the company

        Interzero doo
        Kneza Branimir Street 22
        10000 Zagreb
        +385 1 6607 150
        www.interzero.hr
        otpad@interzero.hr

        General information
        Proven and excellent

        Disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous waste

        Disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous waste

        The main activity of the company Interzero is the organization of the collection and disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous waste.
        With an office in Zagreb, we provide services throughout the Republic of Croatia.

        The company Interzero d.o.o. is authorized to mediate waste disposal and is registered in the MZOPU Register (solution MZOPU RH rb 0008; Class 351-02/13-23/61). We operate in accordance with Croatian legal regulations : the Law on Sustainable Waste Management (Official Gazette 94/13), the Ordinance on Waste Management (Official Gazette No. 23/14) and the Ordinance on Packaging and Packaging Waste (Official Gazette No. 97/05, 115/ 05, 81/08, 31/09, 156/09, 38/10, 10/11, 81/11 and 126/11, 38/13, 86/13).

        If necessary, in order to fulfill the service to clients , we provide adequate tanks and containers for the storage and transportation of waste.

        Our goal is to achieve the most environmentally acceptable way of disposal or recycling and the most economically acceptable solution for the client.

        Hazardous waste

        We offer you solutions for the removal, reception and handling of waste that is generated as a result of the performance of activities in larger companies or that is generated during the performance of individual craft activities, such as:

        • car service, body shops,
        • photography studio,
        • printers,
        • carpentry workshops,
        • medical institutions.

        Some examples of hazardous waste: waste paints, solvents, acids, emulsions, motor oils, absorbents, cleaning cloths, protective clothing, packaging contaminated with residues of hazardous substances, waste adhesives, photochemicals, color developers, coatings, thinners, infectious waste.

        For each type of waste, we provide you with waste labels, appropriate containers for collection, and we find a favorable offer for waste management. After receiving the waste, you will receive records and weighing. We also advise you on the establishment of a record of submitted waste and the submission of an annual report on the generated waste in the company.

        Expired food and biological waste

        We offer importers, traders and other producers of biological waste one-time or periodic waste removal when:

        • Expired food products
        • Biodegradable kitchen waste
        • Waste edible oils and fats

        We provide you with all the necessary equipment for waste collection, organize removal, collection and provide all documentation – records, weighing and other certificates depending on the type of destruction. By special prior agreement, we also carry out commission destruction of waste.

        Leverage our expertise in integrated service delivery for an intelligent circular economy, improve your efficiency and increase your competitiveness.

        Contact

        otpad@interzero.hr


          Competence center for laboratory services

          Competence center for laboratory services - we research and develop for you

          Interzero’s own competence center is located in Maribor. This is where research, analysis and development take place. From various laboratory analyzes to our own plastic production for individual recycling, we can support our customers throughout Europe.

          As the only recognized research institution in the EU specializing in the development and analysis of recycled plastics, the competent center has been internationally accredited according to the EN/ISO 17025 laboratory standard since March 2020 and has been officially approved for the implementation of a total of 16 analysis methods. The laboratory thus meets the needs of many industrial companies. The materials were tested according to international standards and internal methodology. We carry out technical evaluations of existing and newly developed plastics in accordance with the EU chemicals regulation REACH and EU guidelines. We offer highly professional direct advice and support:

          • Development of new materials and optimization of processing
          • Implementation of cost, energy and process optimization of production and material processing
          • The analysis of the packaging with regard to the materials used and their recycling with the subsequent awarding of the trademark is carried out through the “Made for Recycling” service.

          Our catalog of services

          You can find out more about our competence center at Interzero Germany.

          List of services of the Maribor Competence Center

          Would you like to learn more about our laboratory services or request a quote? Contact our Interzero experts.

          Contact

          otpad@interzero.hr


            Gospodarjenje otpadom

            Waste management

            Your partner for efficient waste management

            Customized services and industry-specific waste management concepts for each location.

            Environmentally friendly disposal and individual service belong together for Interzero. That’s why we develop industry-specific disposal concepts in close cooperation with our customers. Certified companies in the waste disposal and recycling industry support us in implementation. In this way, we can cover the entire range of waste catalogs in the whole of Croatia – and in this way meet the high quality requirements of our customers from all sectors.

            Thanks to our many years of experience, we can support customers from various industries with our specific disposal concepts. Find your industry and your recipe for success below.

            Disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste

            The main activity of the company Interzero is the organization of the collection and disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous waste. With offices in Zagreb, Šibenik and Split, we provide services throughout the Republic of Croatia.

            Our complete solution includes legally compliant and hygienic waste disposal as well as precisely planned collection of all types of waste. On request, we can also optimize waste sorting in the warehouse or in preparation. If necessary, we also install new waste management systems, for example to make logistics processes more efficient.

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            Depreciation/Destruction of goods

            The depreciation of goods for destruction/disposal is a tax-deductible expense (in the sense of profit tax), during which no value added tax obligation arises.

            Together with our network of certified partners from the waste disposal and recycling industry, we coordinate the legally compliant disposal and recycling of your waste and recycling materials, we develop for you:

            • reliable and comprehensive complete solutions for the reduction, separation and recycling of waste streams and recyclable materials,
            • we support you in optimizing the entire process chain and ensure transparent management of data and costs.

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            Bulky waste

            Are you cleaning a warehouse, renovating premises, do you have bulky waste?

            Interzero offers quick and affordable collection and removal of bulky waste. We offer several sizes of containers and employees for sorting and loading bulky waste, in accordance with your needs. Leave your bulky waste to us.

            Together with our network of certified partners from the waste disposal and recycling industry, we coordinate the legally compliant disposal and recycling of your waste and recycling materials, we develop for you

            • reliable and comprehensive complete solutions for the reduction, separation and recycling of waste streams and recyclable materials,
            • we support you in optimizing the entire process chain and ensure transparent management of data and costs.

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            Quality with a system - in 6 steps to your disposal concept:

            A careful inspection of the site

            Analysis of your disposal data and operational processes

            Product and waste stream documentation

            The concept of individually adapted practical recommendations

            Implementation and optimization of comprehensive care

            Competent on-site support during the entire cooperation

            Waste management does not stop at the concept.

            Need to destroy sensitive data?

            Destruction of data and documents – professionally and safely with Interzero

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            Service of employees at the client's location

            Turnkey solution

            Interzero takes care of comprehensive waste management at locations where large amounts of waste are generated.

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            Purchase of packaging

            Your concern becomes ours

            Friendly employees of Interzero collect packaging directly from citizens in the client’s store or in the shopping center and sort all the packaging received on machines for automatic packaging collection.

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            Contact

            otpad@interzero.hr


              resources saved 2023

              Studies and certificates

              Resources SAVED by recycling: Recycling is creating value

              Through our work, together with our customers, we contribute to the preservation of valuable resources and climate protection. The renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT supports the positive ecological effects of this obligation in regular studies.

              Our annual study “Resources SAVED by recycling” shows that recycling significantly relieves the environment – and makes an important contribution to securing raw materials. Valid numbers are a key factor in clarifying the benefits of recycling and thus supporting the circular transformation of the economy. In cooperation with Fraunhofer UMSICHT, we therefore prepare a comprehensive life cycle assessment every year. It enables precise quantification of savings in resources and greenhouse gas emissions.

              Therefore, Interzero is only in 2022. saved more than 2.1 million tons of primary raw materials in Germany, Austria, Poland, Italy and Slovenia by recycling about 8.7 million tons of recyclable materials. At the same time, about one million million tons of greenhouse gases could be saved. This is comparable to a weight of 174. 267 family houses. In addition, it was possible to avoid the emission of about one million tons of greenhouse gases – which is equivalent to the average annual CO2 emissions from more than 100,000 family homes.

              Dr. Ing. Markus Hiebel

              “Now in its fifteenth year, this study makes the environmental benefits of recycling tangible and understandable. Looking to the future, this will be increasingly important to raise awareness of climate action and the sustainable handling of our raw materials among businesses and consumers,”

              Dr.-ing. Markus Hiebel
              Head of the Sustainability and Resource Management Department of the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT

              8.713.378

              In 2022, Interzero saved 8.7 million tons of primary resources by recycling 2.1 million tons of recyclable material.

              978.256

              Interzero's recycling activities have saved 1 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

              2.339.396

              By recycling electronic devices, 2.3 million tons of primary raw materials were saved.

              721.353

              The company processed 721,353 tons of paper and cardboard, saving about 180,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

              513.272

              More than 500,000 tons of waste glass could be recycled, reducing the use of primary raw materials by 1 million tons.

              577.353

              The company recycled more than 500,000 tons of plastic, saving more than 2 million tons of primary raw materials.

              "resources SAVED" - Certificates for our clients and partners

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              Brochure on the study "Resources SAVED by recycling" 2022

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              otpad@interzero.hr


                About us - INTERZERO

                About us

                The characteristics of our work are circular economy, prevention of waste and conservation of natural resources. Since 1991, we have been developing integrated environmental protection services tailored to clients within each industry.

                Since our foundation in 1991 , we have provided integrated services to more than 50,000 clients in all industry sectors according to their individual needs, with annual sales of approximately 1.05 billion euros (2020). We employ 2,000 people at 40 locations in 8 countries.

                2.000

                Employee

                1,05

                Billions of annual turnover

                32

                A year of experience

                8

                State

                40

                location

                50.000

                Satisfied clients

                What we offer you

                • solutions for environmental protection adapted to the client
                • innovative recycling procedures
                • award-winning secondary raw materials
                • comprehensive portfolio of services
                • over 30 years of experience in the industry
                • service throughout the country

                Areas of our business

                Innovative solutions for recycling

                Raw materials obtained from recycling provide companies with the opportunity to rethink their products. We organize the return and recycling of packaging materials and process raw materials in market-compatible quality based on customer requirements.

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                Your partner for waste management

                Individual solutions bring maximum success – and this also applies to disposal and waste management in the company, which we design with an innovative approach to be sustainable, comprehensive and efficient.

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                Circular solutions for closing material loops

                We encourage our clients to take responsibility for their products – with a logistics system that enables the circular flow of materials and reversibility in production, new business models and the optimal connection of our services.

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                Solutions for workspaces

                We provide efficient waste and facilities management services in the form of individual solutions. In this way, we help clients improve their real estate in the direction of the circular economy.

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                International solutions

                In order to comprehensively implement the circular economy, we work on an international level, advise in the field of the environment and optimize solutions for waste disposal.

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                History - key milestones

                2022 : We opened a company for waste management and conservation of natural resources in Serbia.

                2019 : Right at the entry into force of the German Packaging Act 1. January 2019: after the successful launch of the online packaging licensing store Lizenzero summer. 2018, the dual system Interzero (DSI) is available to entrepreneurs dealing with packaging of any dimensions, with its solutions designed according to the needs of clients.

                Interzero continues to develop its range of services, and is present with its environmental protection services in Austria, Slovenia , Poland , Croatia , the Czech Republic and Italy .

                 

                2018 : For the eleventh time in a row, the Institute for Technology in the Field of Environment, Safety and Energy in Frauenhof ( Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT ) proved the positive effects of the circular application of valuable substances. Zu to, since 2018. companies have the possibility to optimize the recyclability of their packaging based on the scientifically based “Made for Recycling” method. It continued with the fact that in 2018 Interzero and Saubermacher AG founded the joint venture SIMPLi RETURN GmbH , the first system for taking over used lithium-ion batteries and recycling them.

                 

                2017 : The brandused.com online store goes live: used, assembled IT-devices or unused technical products from company sales or storage sales are sold here to end customers, in order to give the devices a second life cycle.

                 

                2016: Interzero celebrates its 25 years of success. Thanks to the trust of our domestic and international clients, we returned over 15 million tons of used packaging raw materials to the circular economy and thus saved precious primary sources. A new competence center for plastic recycling was opened in Maribor, Slovenia, and Encory was founded, a 50:50 joint venture. ALBA Group and BMW Group for sustainable management of automotive components.

                 

                2015 : Interzero expands sustainability reporting and launches its annual sustainability magazine. The journalistic publication presents Interzero’s best practices in sustainability – both within the company and in cooperation with clients.

                 

                2013 : Interzero publishes its first Sustainability Report, which for the first time documents in detail and systematically how Interzero’s own processes and client projects are designed to be environmentally and socially compatible. The report presents key events and key data for the period from 2010. until 2012 and is in accordance with the internationally applicable guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

                 

                2011: Toom Baumarkt’s paint bucket becomes the first product on the market made of Procyclen, a recycled plastic developed by Interzero. The material used for the bin is produced almost entirely from plastic waste collected in German recycling systems.

                 

                2009: Flows of plastic materials are closed: Interzero develops “Recycled-Resource”, a multi-award-winning process for recycling plastic materials.

                 

                2008: Interzero becomes part of the ALBA Group, which specializes in recycling and supply of raw materials, thereby adding the Group’s know-how to its portfolio.

                 

                2007: The year of pooling : Interzero establishes an innovative solution for packaging transport.

                 

                2006: Interzero becomes the first company on the German market to obtain a national license for its recycling services in the German “dual system”. The resulting market competition in Germany has significantly increased the recycling rates of packaging waste.

                 

                2005: Interzero presents a range of disposable drink containers. We now operate in ten container counting stations and in one mobile container counting center.

                 

                2000: With Repasack, Interzero offers a unique, European return and recycling system for kraft paper bags. The company is getting into environmental education with the launch of its award-winning “Eco Dragon” project to collect empty printer cartridges in schools and kindergartens.

                 

                1997: Interzero’s service company goes international with the establishment of Interzero Austria GmbH, the Austrian subsidiary and system operator. In the following years, it sees continued expansion into other European countries.

                 

                1991 : That’s when it all started. In the beginning, the company’s operations were focused on improving packaging waste recycling procedures. Interzero began expanding its portfolio as a global provider of integrated environmental services, setting world standards for waste prevention, high-tech sorting and innovative recycling solutions.

                Do you want to know more about us? Contact us!

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                otpad@interzero.hr


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                    Media

                    Here you can quickly access all our documents - from brochures to our sustainability magazine.

                    Here you can quickly access all our documents – from brochures to our sustainability magazine.

                    Studies and certificates

                    Together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Environment, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT, we confirm the positive ecological effects of our activity on the environment in regular studies.

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                    Catalog of Oklin composters

                    Download the catalog of Oklin composters, which reduce the volume of biological waste by up to 90%.

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                    Catalog of Orwak balers

                    Orwak catalog of sustainable technical solutions, the European leader in waste reduction.

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                    Catalog of PEL compactors

                    Smart solutions for waste from the PEL brand.

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                    HARP renewables

                    Download the HARP catalog of devices for composting biological waste.

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