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Regulation on the method of calculating levels of preparation for re-use and recycling of municipal waste.

Country/Territory
Poland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Journal of Laws 2021 Pos. 1530
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Waste prevention Waste domestic sources Recycling/reuse Environmental planning Policy/planning
Geographical area
Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries
Entry into force notes
This Regulation entered into force on 4 September 2021.
Abstract

This Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment, which is composed of 11 articles, lays down the method of calculating levels of preparation for re-use and recycling and the conditions for classifying municipal waste as municipal waste prepared for re-use and recycled. The mass of generated municipal waste prepared for re-use or recycled and the level of preparation for re-use and recycling are calculated for a given calendar year. The mass of municipal waste prepared for re-use shall be calculated as the mass of products and product ingredients that have become municipal waste and have undergone all necessary checking, cleaning and repair operations to enable re-use without further sorting and pre-treatment. The mass of recycled municipal waste shall be calculated as the mass of waste that has passed through all the necessary checking, sorting and other preliminary operations to remove materials and substances that are not subject to further reprocessing are entered into a recycling process, as a result of which this waste is reprocessed into products, materials or substances that are not waste.

Full text
Polish
Website
isap.sejm.gov.pl

References - Legislation

Implements

Act on keeping cleanness in communes.

Legislation | Poland | 1996 (2022)

Keyword: Pollution control, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment, Waste management, Waste prevention, Organic waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Regulation on levels of recycling and preparation for reuse of municipal waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2016

Keyword: Waste management, Waste prevention, Waste domestic sources, Recycling/reuse, Environmental planning, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX