Oil and petroleum products recovery organization

1. Publicity under Art. 14(12) of the Waste Management Act and Art. 8a(3)(e) of Directive 2008/98/EC

1.1 Meeting the annual target

The organization meets the target under Art. 8(1) of the Ordinance on Waste Oils and Waste Petroleum Products — recovery of no less than 40% of the quantities its members place on the market in the respective year

Figures are rounded down to whole tonnes and whole percentage points
The exact figures for 2022, 2023 and 2024 were established by orders of the Minister of Environment and Water — No. РД-11 of 8 January 2024, No. РД-266-1 of 2 May 2025 (PDF, opens in a new tab) and No. РД-645 of 15 September 2025 (PDF, opens in a new tab) (PDF, 415 and 368 KB, with a text layer)
The two more recent orders are published, without their annex
The annex lists the members with their registered addresses and marks which of them filed only nil declarations
Individual member data is not published, commercially sensitive information being kept confidential under Art. 14(14) of the Waste Management Act
Order No. РД-11 of 8 January 2024 is not published here
For 2025, the data follows the report under Annex 2 and the registered auditor’s report of factual findings under Art. 55(1) and (2) of the Ordinance
A ministerial order is pending
The orders establish the quantities placed on the market and recovered, but not the quantity collected
The quantity collected is taken from the organization’s own records — 3,064 t for 2025

Quantities recovered by waste code in 2025

An asterisk after a code marks the waste as hazardous under the European List of Waste

The breakdown follows the recovery certificates attached to the 2025 annual report
Rows are rounded down to whole tonnes, so their sum is two tonnes below the total
For 2022, 2023 and 2024, the ministerial orders establish the total quantity recovered but not its breakdown by code

Receipts, costs and independent audit for 2025

The figures follow the registered auditor’s report of factual findings under Art. 55(1) and (2) of the Ordinance, drawn up by Alfa Odit Grup EOOD
Amounts are rounded down to whole levs and whole euro at the official rate

The organization does not distribute profit
The difference between receipts and costs is carried to the reserve fund

Recovery was carried out by two contracted operators, entirely by regeneration (code R9)
On the rounded figures in the table, the quantity recovered exceeds the quantity required for the target by 11 tonnes
The quantities assigned to an individual operator are not published

The auditor establishes full consistency between the members’ declarations, the remuneration invoiced and the accounting records, and confirms that the target was met
One finding remains open: for seven members admitted during the year the available documents do not show whether their agreements cover all the quantities placed on the market over the whole calendar year

How this section is kept up to date

1. The standing data in this section — ownership, members, rates, operator selection, practical guidance and company details — is updated within 7 working days of a change
2. By 31 March, the aggregated reporting data for the previous year is published: quantity placed on the market, regulatory target, quantity required, quantity collected, quantity recovered and the calculated percentage
3. Published with them, under Art. 33(3)(d) of the General Terms and Conditions, is the list of the collection and treatment operators the organization works with in that year
   The quantities assigned to an individual operator, the offers and the contractual prices are not published
   Until the list for the current year is published, it is provided on request at info@ecooilresource.com
4. What is published by 31 March is marked “submitted for the annual check”, not as final administrative confirmation
5. Within 15 days of the Minister’s order, the number and date of the order and the final compliance status are published
6. Where there is a difference, the published values are corrected and the date of the update stays visible

1.2 Ownership of the organization

ECO OIL RESOURCE EOOD is a single-member limited liability company and has no partners

• Sole owner of the capital: “Metatron Investing” EAD, UIC 208225855, Sofia, 1 Elov Dol St.
• Manager: Mariyanka Nikolova Gadzheva

The beneficial owner under the Bulgarian anti-money-laundering act is entered in the Commercial Register
The current status of the company is publicly available in the Commercial Register

Check the Commercial Register (opens in a new tab) — search by the company name

1.3 Members of the organization

As of 5 September 2026, the organization has 98 member companies under an active agreement
The company name and the UIC of every member are published
The list is maintained in the organization’s own system and updated within 7 working days of a change

Individual quantities, payments, agreements and commercial terms of particular members are not published

Membership is open on equal terms to every person placing oils on the market that wishes to meet its obligations through the collective system — the articles of association ensure equal treatment under Art. 16, point 1 of the Waste Management Act
The terms and the procedure are set out on the Membership page and in the General Terms and Conditions (Bulgarian text)

Every member is entered in the public register of persons placing oils on the market, kept by the Executive Environment Agency, within one month of starting the activity (Art. 52 of the Ordinance)
The member informs its distributors how it meets its obligations, providing them with a certificate in the form prescribed by the ordinance under Art. 59(1) of the Waste Management Act (Art. 9(2) of the Ordinance)

1.4 Remuneration per unit of product

The remuneration is calculated on the quantity of oils the member has placed on the market and is modulated by product criteria, as required by Art. 12(1), point 3(c) of the Ordinance on Waste Oils and Waste Petroleum Products in conjunction with Art. 14(11) of the Waste Management Act
Those provisions transpose Art. 8a(4)(b) of Directive 2008/98/EC, which binds the Member States
This is the same payment the General Terms and Conditions call remuneration

The current base rate under Art. 5 of the agreement is EUR 0.27/kg excl. VAT for every product, on 3 months’ notice
The tariff class rates in the contractual scale apply only under the conditions of Art. 5(4) of the agreement — the Programme is a draft

• All rates are stated excluding VAT
  VAT is charged on top under the Bulgarian Value Added Tax Act
• The class is set by the characteristics of the product, not by the size, origin or bargaining power of the company
• Standard class C carries the base rate
  Rates do not depend on the notice period; a unilateral increase is made no more than once every 12 months and never above the ceiling in Art. 18(9) of the General Terms and Conditions
  The organization’s current permit runs to 31 December 2026
• The organization does not distribute profit
  The remuneration covers collection, transport, recovery, the plan for informing and attracting users, and administration
  For that plan under Art. 12(1), point 7 of the Ordinance — information campaigns and educational programmes — no less than 3% of the receipts from members is set aside (Art. 12(2))
• The full criteria, the evidence and the process are in the pricing and modulation methodology

The amount paid by an individual member is not published

When a member is considered to have met its obligations

A member is considered to have met its obligations through the organization once it has paid the agreed remuneration and has reported the actual quantity of oils placed on the market for the period (Art. 11(2) of the Ordinance)
If either is missing, the member owes the product fee to EMEPA (ПУДООС) under Art. 59(1), point 4 of the Waste Management Act — even though the organization has met the target
Reporting smaller quantities than those actually placed on the market is a separate case, under Art. 59(1), point 5

By 1 March, the organization submits to the Minister of Environment and Water a list of the persons that have not paid the remuneration or have not reported their quantities for the previous year (Art. 46 of the Ordinance)
By 15 May, the Minister issues an order naming the persons and members that owe the product fee under Art. 59(1), points 2 – 5 of the Waste Management Act, and the amount due (Art. 63(1) of the Ordinance)
Under Art. 63(3) the Minister names those that do not owe it — among them the members for which the organization has demonstrated that the target was met

1.5 Procedure for selecting waste management operators

Collection, transport and recovery are assigned to operators selected against the conditions and steps below

Conditions the operator has to meet

• a valid permit or registration document under Art. 35 of the Waste Management Act for the respective activity, maintained throughout the term of the contract, with notice within three days of any amendment, termination or withdrawal;
• the waste codes it will accept must be covered by its own permit;
• the permitted capacity must exceed the quantities to be assigned to it;
• a site brought into compliance with the Ordinance — oil-resistant surfacing, receiving tanks, sorbents on hand and spill containment;
• for hauliers — a registration document for collection and transport under Art. 35(3) in conjunction with Art. 35(2), point 2 of the Waste Management Act, entered in the public register under Art. 45(1), point 7, and carriage under the dangerous-goods rules where the consignment is classified as dangerous goods;
• for processors — compliance with the best available techniques under Decision (EU) 2018/1147, documented input control for polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorine, and an environmental management system;
• separate collection, storage and transport of oils above 50 mg/kg of polychlorinated biphenyls or above 1% chlorine by weight (Art. 23 of the Ordinance);
• no breaches — no pending proceedings for termination or withdrawal of the permit and no outstanding compliance notices from the control authorities;
• third-party and environmental liability insurance where a legal act or the permit requires it;
• price — cost efficiency and reliability of performance;
• for a cross-border route — a contract and financial guarantee under Regulation (EU) 2024/1157, prior notification and consent of the authorities concerned.

Steps of the selection

1. Screening of companies holding a suitable permit or site
2. Verification of the document and its scope — activities, codes, site, permitted annual quantities
3. Comparison of the permitted capacity against the quantities to be assigned
4. Site inspection and check of the technical capability
5. Signing of a long-term contract with requirements for regulatory compliance, organization of the collection points, opening hours and quality of service
6. Opening and maintaining a file on the operator — permit, techniques applied, input control, reports
7. Annual review of performance and of the validity of the documents
   Where there is non-compliance, the contract is terminated

Bids and contractual prices of particular operators are not published

1.6 Consultations on the remuneration

Before adopting or amending the scale of rates, the Methodology (Art. 16(3)) or the cost model, the organization publishes the draft together with the cost model and allows no less than 30 calendar days for written views (Art. 33a(2) of the General Terms and Conditions (Bulgarian text))

Together with the final decision it publishes the views received in summary form and a reasoned response to each of them, including the reasons for not accepting a view
The minutes, views and responses are kept for 10 years and are made available to the registered auditor and to the Ministry of Environment and Water

A change adopted without the consultation having been held is unenforceable against the member until it is held
This does not apply to a reduction of a rate or of the applied difference — those take effect regardless

The organization also holds an annual dialogue meeting with members, operators, municipalities and the competent authorities — no later than 31 May, with minutes

An empty table means that a consultation has not yet been opened — not that none is required
Once one is opened, the draft, the cost model and the deadline appear here, and once it closes, so do the views and the response to each of them

1.7 Portal 2.0 interruptions

Where Portal 2.0 is documented as unavailable or materially malfunctioning, the deadline for filing the monthly declaration is extended under Art. 11(8) of the General Terms and Conditions
The extension depends on the actual duration of the interruption and is not a fixed number of days

The record covers interruptions for which the organization has registered documented unavailability
An empty log is not evidence of uninterrupted operation — it means only that no such interruption has been registered

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2. Practical information under Art. 8a(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC

2.1 How and where to hand over waste oil

Waste oil is taken back free of charge from the last holder
The organization covers the whole country and does not limit the service to the areas where collection is most profitable

• At a service centre or a professional oil-change point — the organization supplies a container that complies with the Ordinance and replaces it once full
• At the oil-change points for used motor oils designated by the municipal mayor — the obligation applies to sites located on municipal property (Art. 39(2), point 1 of the Ordinance)
• At an oil retailer or distributor — take-back at a site equipped as required by the Ordinance
• At a collection and storage site of an operator in the system — you can deliver it yourself or request a collection
• On site at industrial plants, vehicle fleets, hauliers and farms — with specialized transport

The organization does not collect waste oils directly from households
Changing oil at home is a serious environmental risk — the oil is to be handed over at a service centre or at an oil-change point designated by the municipality

2.2 How to request a collection

A request is made by phone, by email or through the contact form
The waste code, the quantity, the address and site access are agreed

• Phone: +359 889 228 876
• E-mail: info@ecooilresource.com
• Contact form: Contacts page

Collection is carried out by a haulier holding a registration document under Art. 35 of the Waste Management Act
Where the consignment is classified as dangerous goods, carriage is under ADR and the vehicle complies with it (Art. 27 of the Ordinance)
The handover is documented by

• a handover protocol — the parties, the site address, the permit number of the receiving party, the code and the quantity;
• an identification document under Annex 8 to Art. 12(1) of the ordinance under Art. 48(1) of the Waste Management Act, mandatory under Art. 33 of the Ordinance on Waste Oils and Waste Petroleum Products, with its three parts — consignor, carrier and consignee;
• a weighbridge note with the measured quantity;
• a written contract — waste oils are handed over to another person only on the basis of a written contract, unless the holder treats them in its own facilities (Art. 32 of the Ordinance).

On acceptance, a representative sample is taken and split into two control samples and one arbitration sample
One control sample stays with the party handing over the oil until recovery is carried out (Art. 35 of the Ordinance)

2.3 Ban on mixing and on improper disposal

Art. 4 of the Ordinance on Waste Oils and Waste Petroleum Products prohibits

• abandonment, dumping and any other form of unregulated disposal;
• discharge into surface and groundwater, into the territorial sea and into sewer systems;
• storage in a way that contaminates the soil;
• disposal in household waste containers;
• mixing waste oils of different characteristics, and with other waste or substances, where this impedes their regeneration or another recycling operation with an equivalent or better overall environmental outcome;
• mixing with fuels, coolants, brake fluid, solvents and other substances and materials;
• changing oil at unequipped locations and in containers that do not meet the requirements;
• handing over to persons without a permit or registration document under Art. 35 of the Waste Management Act;
• treatment and incineration in installations that do not comply with the Waste Management Act, and above the emission limits;
• unregulated disposal of the waste generated during treatment and transport;
• unregulated treatment and transport;
• landfilling of waste oils and liquid waste petroleum products.

Containers are labelled “Waste oils” together with the code and the name of the waste, kept tightly closed outside handling, and made of a material that does not interact with the oil (Art. 26 of the Ordinance)

Breaches are established and penalized under the Waste Management Act by the regional environmental inspectorate for the location of the site

2.4 Main risks to health and the environment

Waste oils are hazardous waste and waste from widely used products within the meaning of the Waste Management Act — generated by a great number of holders across the whole country
Every code the organization works with is classified as hazardous

• In transport, they are handled under the dangerous-goods rules (ADR) where the consignment is classified as dangerous goods
  The exact entry and class are determined by the properties of the particular consignment (Art. 27 of the Ordinance)
• Dumped on soil or into water, they contaminate groundwater and water sources and damage the soil for a long time
• Burning them in unsuitable equipment releases harmful substances into the air
• They contain additives and oxidation products accumulated during the operation of the engine or the machine
• Some oils contain polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorine
  Oils above 50 mg/kg of polychlorinated biphenyls or above 1% chlorine by weight are collected, stored and transported separately (Art. 23 of the Ordinance)
  Regeneration of oils above 50 mg/kg of polychlorinated biphenyls is prohibited (Art. 28(3))

Sellers of motor vehicle oils must display in a visible place information about the oil-change points and about the possible dangers to health and the risk to the environment from improper handling (Art. 6 of the Ordinance)

2.5 Phone and electronic contact form

For any question about handing over waste oils and about meeting the obligations under the Waste Management Act

• Phone: +359 889 228 876
• E-mail: info@ecooilresource.com
• Electronic form: Contacts page
• Address: 1 Elov Dol St., 1220 Sofia, Bulgaria
• Office hours: Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 18:00

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3. General mandatory company information

3.1 Company name, registered seat and address

Details of the company carrying out the activity as a recovery organization

The organization never announces a change of bank account by email
The account above is the only one and is confirmed in the agreement and on the invoice
If you receive a message naming a different account, call +359 889 228 876 before paying

3.2 E-mail and direct contact

• E-mail: info@ecooilresource.com
• Phone: +359 889 228 876
• Electronic form: Contacts page
• Member portal: Portal 2.0
• Office hours: Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 18:00

3.3 Permit number and competent authority

The organization operates under a permit pursuant to Art. 81(1) of the Waste Management Act, issued by the Minister of Environment and Water
It is published here under Art. 92(2) of the Waste Management Act

• Decision No. ООп-ОМ-07-00 of 13 July 2017 — issue of the permit
• Decision No. ООп-ОМ-07-01 of 27 October 2021 (PDF, opens in a new tab) — extends the term to 31 December 2026 and approves the waste-oil management programme (PDF, 8 MB, with a text layer)
• Decision No. ООп-ОМ-07-02 of 16 November 2022 — amendment

The organization is entered in the public list of waste oil recovery organizations maintained by the Ministry of Environment and Water
Enforcement is carried out by the Ministry of Environment and Water, the regional environmental inspectorates and the Executive Environment Agency

A copy of the base decision, of the amendments and of the applicable annual orders is provided to members and to the control authorities on request at info@ecooilresource.com

To secure the achievement of the target and the setting up of the separate collection system, the organization maintains an unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantee of 500,000 BGN in favour of the Minister of Environment and Water (Art. 82(1), point 2 of the Waste Management Act)
The guarantee is valid until 31 July of the year following the year of its issue and is extended no later than three months before that date (Art. 82(4) of the Waste Management Act)

3.4 Personal data and cookie policy

The data controller is ECO OIL RESOURCE EOOD, 1 Elov Dol St., 1220 Sofia, Bulgaria
Data protection questions are answered at info@ecooilresource.com

• Privacy policy — what personal data we collect, on what legal basis, for how long we keep it and what rights you have
• Cookie policy — what is stored on your device and how you withdraw your consent
• General terms and conditions — the terms of membership in the organization

Supervisory authority: the Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection

Where to report a breach

A report to the organization itself goes to info@ecooilresource.com
Breaches in the management of waste oils are established and penalized by the regional environmental inspectorate for the location of the site
Under the Bulgarian Whistleblower Protection Act an external report is filed with the Commission for Personal Data Protection as the central authority for external reporting

3.5 The published price excludes VAT

All prices and rates published on this site are stated excluding value added tax

• The rates are stated in euro per kilogram excluding VAT
• VAT is charged on top under the Bulgarian Value Added Tax Act and is shown separately on the invoice
• The rates in the agreement (Art. 5) are likewise agreed in euro per kilogram excluding VAT
• The remuneration to the organization is a contractual price, not the product fee payable to EMEPA (ПУДООС), the Enterprise for Management of Environmental Protection Activities

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