Plastics and Packaging Laws in Bulgaria

On a national level, the Bulgarian Waste Management Act (“WMA”) provides the general legislative framework that regulates packaging and plastics waste. The WMA is generally compliant with EU law, as it implements, inter alia:

1. Directive 2008/98/ЕC on waste and repealing certain Directives; and
2. Directive 94/62/ЕC on packaging and packaging waste.

The WMA implements the general principles of precaution and sustainability, technical feasibility and economic viability, protection of resources as well as the overall environmental, human health, economic and social impacts. It also establishes a priority order to waste management:

1. prevention;
2. preparing for re-use;
3. recycling;
4. other recovery (e.g. energy recovery);
5. disposal.