Waste Act.

Subject

Waste & hazardous substances

Keyword

Basic legislation Waste management Waste disposal Recycling/reuse Waste prevention Polluter pays principle Hazardous waste Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries

Entry into force notes

This Act entered into force on 23 January 2013.

Abstract

This Act sets out measures to protect the environment, human life and health to prevent and reduce the adverse impact resulting from the production and management of waste and limiting the overall impact of the use of resources and improving the efficiency of such use. The present Act is composed of the following Sections: Scope of the Act (Sec. 1); General principles of waste management (Sec. 2); Plans of waste management (Sec. 3); Permissions required for the management of waste and keeping the register (Sec. 4); Records on waste and reporting (Sec. 5); Database on products and packaging and waste management (Sec. 6); Special rules for management of certain types of waste (Sec. 7); Requirements concerning processing of waste (Sec. 8); Tasks of government implemented by the provincial government and special provisions concerning issuing a decision in the field of waste management (Sec. 9); Criminal provisions and administyrative fees (Sec. 10); Changes in regulations in force, transitional provisions, adjusting and final provisions (Sec. 11). Wastes are classified to appropriate groups, subgroups and types of waste, according to: (1) source of their formation; (2) properties indicating that the waste is hazardous, as defined in Annex 3 to the Act; (3) components of waste for which exceeding of the threshold values of concentrations of hazardous substances may cause that the waste is hazardous.

Full text

Polish

Website

isap.sejm.gov.pl

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives.

Legislation | European Union | 2008 (2018)

Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Solid waste, Sustainable development, Precautionary principle, Waste disposal, Waste domestic sources, Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste prevention, Public health, Soil pollution/quality, Policy/planning, Public participation, Food waste, Basic legislation, Recycling/reuse, Packaging/labelling, Hazardous waste, Registration, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Organic waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC.

Legislation | European Union | 2006

Keyword: Mining, Exploration, Pollution control, Access-to-information, Hazardous waste, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste management, Waste disposal, Waste prevention

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC.

Legislation | European Union | 2006

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Legislation | European Union | 2012

Keyword: Solid waste, Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse, Hazardous waste, Waste management, Waste prevention

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment.

Legislation | European Union | 1991

Keyword: Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Legislation | European Union | 2003

Keyword: Solid waste, Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse, Hazardous waste, Waste management, Waste prevention

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 86/278/EEC on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture.

Legislation | European Union | 1986

Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Waste domestic sources, Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources, Sewerage, Waste disposal

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the incineration of waste.

Legislation | European Union | 2000

Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Hazardous waste, Authorization/permit, Access-to-information, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment, Soil pollution/quality, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater pollution, Surface water

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.

Legislation | European Union | 1999 (2018)

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous waste, Ozone layer, Authorization/permit, Classification/declassification, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Basic legislation, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste prevention, Monitoring, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.

Legislation | European Union | 1994

Keyword: Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse, Solid waste, Access-to-information, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 78/176/EEC on waste from the titanium dioxide industry

Legislation | European Union | 1978 (1991)

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Waste disposal, Hazardous waste, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 96/59/EC on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT).

Legislation | European Union | 1996

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste disposal, Waste non-domestic sources, Hazardous waste, Packaging/labelling, Data collection/reporting, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control).

Legislation | European Union | 2010

Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Basic legislation, Environmental standards, Business/industry/corporations, Integrated management, Standards, Protection of environment, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Waste non-domestic sources, Pesticides, Drugs, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles.

Legislation | European Union | 2000

Keyword: Waste management, Solid waste, Waste disposal, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2001 (2010)

Keyword: Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Waste prevention, Polluter pays principle, Hazardous waste, Offences/penalties, Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Regulation on qualifications for waste management.

Legislation | Poland | 2013

Keyword: Certification, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the model questionnaire of receiving waste metal.

Legislation | Poland | 2013

Keyword: Waste management, Pollution control, Solid waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on waste landfills.

Legislation | Poland | 2013 (2022)

Keyword: Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the catalogue of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2014

Keyword: Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Hazardous waste, Classification/declassification, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on waste from the process of titanium dioxide production and from processing of that waste that can not be disposed of by their storage.

Legislation | Poland | 2015

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the process of recovery R10.

Legislation | Poland | 2015

Keyword: Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Agricultural land, Agricultural development, Recycling/reuse, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on landfill sites and the storage of waste from titanium dioxide production and processing of waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2015

Keyword: Waste management, Pollution control, Waste non-domestic sources, Hazardous substances, Transport/storage, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the document confirming the disposal of infectious medical waste or infectious veterinary waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2014

Keyword: Waste disposal, Waste management, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on urban sewage sludge.

Legislation | Poland | 2015 (2023)

Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Erosion

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on recycling of wastes outside installations and devices.

Legislation | Poland | 2015

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on neutralization and storage of medical waste and veterinary waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2021

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Drugs, Waste disposal, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the functioning of the database on products and packaging and on waste management.

Legislation | Poland | 2023

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation on waste landfills.

Legislation | Poland | 2021

Keyword: Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Waste disposal, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the catalogue of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2020

Keyword: Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Hazardous waste, Classification/declassification, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on conditions for recognizing waste as having infectious properties and on the method for determining these properties.

Legislation | Poland | 2019

Keyword: Waste management, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on types and amount of waste for which there is no obligation to keep records of waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2019

Keyword: Waste management, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the collective report form.

Legislation | Poland | 2016

Keyword: Recycling/reuse, Waste management, Waste prevention, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on detailed requirements for shipment of waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2016

Keyword: Transboundary movement of waste, Transport/storage, International trade, Hazardous waste, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on detailed conditions for considering hazardous waste as non-hazardous waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2016

Keyword: Waste management, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the functioning of the database on products and packaging and on waste management.

Legislation | Poland | 2017

Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Waste management, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the method of assigning a registration number to entities entered in the register maintained as part of the BDO.

Legislation | Poland | 2018

Keyword: Waste management, Standards, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on specific requirements for the storage of waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2020

Keyword: Waste management, Waste disposal, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the registration form, update form and form for removal from the register kept as part of the Database on products and packaging and on waste management.

Legislation | Poland | 2018

Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Waste management, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on model documents used for records of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2019

Keyword: Waste management, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on visual inspection system for the place of waste storage.

Legislation | Poland | 2019

Keyword: Waste management, Transport/storage, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX