• Subject of the issue: Has JPK merged with BDO
    What will it be like to link invoices from JPK to BDO? Who will have to enter this?
  • Check what has changed in the Waste Act
    On September 23, 2021, the Act of August 11, 2021 amending the Act on the maintenance of cleanliness and order in municipalities, the Act - Environmental Protection Law and the Act on waste entered into force. Find out what has changed. 
  • Amendments to the Water Law with regard to approval for the discharge of wastewater
    Water and sewage companies will no longer be able to refuse to grant permission for the discharge of wastewater. On September 10, 2021, the amended Water Law came into force, according to the provisions of which water and sewage companies will no longer be able to refuse to grant permission for the introduction of industrial sewage into their sewage systems. Check what are the exceptions to this rule!
  • Current requirements for waste storage
    Waste
    storage must meet a number of legal requirements in order to be considered correct. The fire protection requirements introduced in 2020 by the ordinance of the Minister of Interior and Administration of February 19, 2020 on fire protection requirements to be met by construction structures or their parts and other places for the collection, storage or processing of waste are also important. and the requirements contained in the ordinance of the Minister of Climate of September 11, 2020 on detailed requirements for the storage of waste.
  • Procedure for informing international shipments of waste (MPO)
    Cross-border shipments of waste require all entities to complete a number of formalities if they want to avoid possible criminal liability for transporting waste without appropriate receipts.
  • Returned element for production - waste or not
    Question: Due to the production of PC/ABS elements, defective products are produced, which we grind in a grinder at the plant, and the obtained regrind goes to injection molding such a process recycling? Which type of waste is affected by: 07 02 13 or 15 01 02? Is an additional waste treatment/recycling decision needed?
  • Can I sell bags of used granules?
    Question: We buy granules in 1-ton bags (big bags). Can we then sell them to another company as reusable packaging, without all the formalities at BDO? We do this with pallets. The company purchasing the bags does not have a permit to buy waste, but in our opinion, these bags are not waste, but reusable packaging, but not returning them to the supplier is less profitable than selling them.
  • Do you import oils and greases for your own use? Don't forget to account for it!
    Question: We import small amounts of lubricating oils and greases from abroad from the European Union and from outside the EU, which are used for our own use (for maintenance). In view of the above, I would like to know if we have any obligations under the "Act on the obligations of entrepreneurs with regard to the management of certain types of waste and on the product fee" and the "Act on the management of packaging and packaging waste". If so, are we obliged to provide the recovery organization (with which we have signed a contract) both the weight of the packaging (in which oils and greases are packed) and the weight of oils and greases (in accordance with Annex 4a of the Act on entrepreneurs in the field of business management some waste and product fee) introduced into the country for personal use?
  • Legal changes

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