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    Waste generated in households by quarantined persons should be treated as municipal waste, not medical waste - according to information published by the Ministry of Climate and the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate.
  • Coronavirus - is tap water safe?
    The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms the lack of danger to the water-intake systems as a way to spread coronovirus. Details below.
  • Compliance with health and safety may protect you from coronavirus
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    Find out what the extended producer responsibility system is
    Participants in the extended producer responsibility system (hereinafter: ROP) include business entities, e.g. those introducing products in packaging, recovery organizations acting on their behalf, or waste collection and recycling companies. Does the obligation apply to you?
  • Obligations in May 2020
  • 3 questions about safety data sheets
    Would you like to know how to store a safety data sheet in your company? Or maybe you do not know what to do when the manufacturer provides you with a card in a foreign language? If you want to know the answers to these questions - be sure to read the article!
  • What does the abbreviation "ex" mean for the waste code
    The abbreviation 'ex' placed before the waste code distinguishes some particular type of waste from the whole type that appears under that code. The waste preceded by this index in its description is clarified, specified.
  • Lack of consent of the owner to run a water and sewage network? Check how to fix it
    Sometimes, it is not possible to bring certain utilities or connections to real estate. The obstacle is usually the lack of consent of the neighbor through which such networks would have to be carried out. But is this situation without a solution?
  • Waste paper collection point - what you should know about
    I buy waste paper. Should I issue a document for natural persons and entities exempt from records that import waste? Can individuals provide paper and cardboard packaging under code 15 01 01 and plastic packaging under 15 01 02? Do we transfer this waste and newspaper waste with the code 20 02 01 from individuals on the basis of KEOK?
  • Waste collection off site - is a permit required?
    Question: The company provides services to the customer, e.g. repairs, replacement of worn elements, service, producing waste, which it then brings to the company's headquarters, in which the waste generated by the customer temporarily stores. It can be e.g. computer service (replacement of batteries, memory cards, etc.), service of printers (replacement of toners), service of air filters sold by their manufacturer (including replacement of the cartridge), sewage service (including repairs, replacement of damaged elements Will this type of activity be treated as the collection of waste generated in a place other than the place of production and will it require a permit?
  • Waste transfer card and waste transporter
    Question: We carry out earthworks (excavations) in which we are both: a waste producer (a waste producer as a result of rendering services within the meaning of Article 3 paragraph 1 item 32 of the Waste Act and / or activities in the field of linear facilities, within the meaning of Article 3) point 3a of the Construction Law), transporting waste (we have an entry in the BDO register in section VII) and receiving waste (the company has two decisions, both for collecting and processing waste, including land code 17 05 04). Everywhere it is said that the driver leaving the construction site must have KPO generated for waste (including waste code 17 05 04 - soil and soil, including stones, other than those mentioned in 17 05 03). But what if one entity produces, transports and receives waste? KPO in this case, I suppose, does not occur. Does the driver have to have a document? If so, which one?
  • Legal changes

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