Wastes Act.

Subject

Waste & hazardous substances

Keyword

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

Geographical area

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

Entry into force notes

This Act entered into force on 1 October 2001.

Abstract

The Wastes Act is composed of the following Sections: General provisions (sect. 1); Rule of waste management (sect. 2); Waste management plans (sect. 3); Competences of local government relating to management of urban wastes (set. 3a); Duties of waste owners and waste carriers (sect. 4); Detailed requirements of management of certain types of wastes (sect. 5); Thermal processing of wastes (sect. 6); Waste storage (sect. 7); Penal provisions (sec. 9); Penalties (sect. 9a); Final provision (sect. 10). This Act establishes the principles governing waste management in order to ensure the protection of human health and the environment, in compliance with the rule of sustainable development, and in particular, principles of waste prevention and limitation of the amount of wastes and their negative impact on the environment, and recycling or disposal of wastes. These provisions apply also to ground or rocks if they are removed or transported due to investments or exploitation of mines.

Full text

Polish

Website

isap.sejm.gov.pl

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste.

Legislation | European Union | 1975

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

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

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

Council Directive 75/439/EEC on the disposal of waste oils.

Legislation | European Union | 1975

Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Oil pollution, Soil pollution/quality, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste management, Waste disposal, Effluent waste water/discharge, Authorization/permit, 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 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste.

Legislation | European Union | 1991

Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources, Data collection/reporting

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

Implemented by

Regulation on reports concerning collective sewage wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2001

Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on pollutant water abstraction.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management, Water abstraction, Water quality standards, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on storage of wastes derived from titanium dioxide production.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management, Hazardous substances, Transport/storage, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing the list of types of waste for which the duty of registration shall not apply, and specifying categories of enterprises which may keep simplified record of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2001

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on transport by road of hazardous goods and wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Transport/storage, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending the Regulation concerning drawing up plans of wastes management.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Waste management, Policy/planning, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on recycling and prevention of wastes from installations and devices.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing the list of wastes types which can be passed to physical persons or to organizational units, and allowed recycling methods.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on detailed requirements concerning the location, construction, exploitation and closure of individual types of wastes yards.

Legislation | Poland | 2003

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending the Regulation establishing types of wastes for which permission for collecting or transport is not required.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Solid waste, Waste management, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on veterinary wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

Keyword: Classification/declassification, Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Transport/storage, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on information required for collecting and processing, and maintenance of the central and provincial databases concerning waste generation and management.

Legislation | Poland | 2011

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on urban sewage sediments.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on conditions and scope of access to the provincial database concerning generation and management of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2011

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation on scope, time, method and conditions of monitoring of wastes yards.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

Keyword: Waste management, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on reports concerning wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on forms of documents used for registration of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

Keyword: Waste management, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on preparing the provincial report on wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2011

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation on criteria and procedures permitting wastes storage on a yard of a given wastes type.

Legislation | Poland | 2007

Keyword: Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste prevention, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation establishing types of wastes for which permission for collecting or transport is not required.

Legislation | Poland | 2008

Keyword: Waste management, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation establishing the list of wastes types which can be passed to physical persons or to organizational units not enterprises, and allowed methods of their recycling.

Legislation | Poland | 2008

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on rules of working out the provincial report on wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2007

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on reports concerning wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2007

Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on conditions and scope of access to the provincial database concerning production and management of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2007

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on detailed way of dealing with medical wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2007

Keyword: Classification/declassification, Solid waste, Transport/storage, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on qualifications for wastes management.

Legislation | Poland | 2007

Keyword: Certification, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on municipal sewage sediments.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Sewerage, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Resolution on the national plan of wastes management.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management, Policy/planning, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation concerning the conditions under which waste can be recognized as not harmful.

Legislation | Poland | 2004

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous waste, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing types of wastes for which permission for collecting or transport is not required.

Legislation | Poland | 2003

Keyword: Waste management, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on criteria and procedures permitting wastes storage on a yard of a given wastes type.

Legislation | Poland | 2005

Keyword: Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Transport/storage, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on permitted methods and conditions of neutralizing of medical and veterinary wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste disposal, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation concerning the drawing up waste management plans.

Legislation | Poland | 2003

Keyword: Waste management, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on scope, time, method and conditions of monitoring of wastes yards.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on requirements concerning the process of thermal transformation of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on information required for collecting and processing, and maintenance of the central and provincial databases concerning waste production and management.

Legislation | Poland | 2001

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the wastes catalogue.

Legislation | Poland | 2001

Keyword: Registration, Classification/declassification, Hazardous waste, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing the list of types of wastes which can be passed to physical persons or organizational units but not enterprises, for their own needs.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on types of medical and veterinary wastes which shall not be used for recycling.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste non-domestic sources, Recycling/reuse, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing types of wastes which can be stored in an unselective way.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management, Transport/storage, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on packaging wastes management.

Legislation | Poland | 2005

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Packaging/labelling

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on forms of documents used to register wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Waste management, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on mechanical and biological treatment of mixed municipal waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2012

Keyword: Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Waste prevention

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on criteria and procedures of acceptance of waste storage on a landfill of a given waste type.

Legislation | Poland | 2013

Keyword: Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Transport/storage, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing detailed technical conditions of determining part of energy received from thermal processing of urban waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy, Recycling/reuse, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the list of waste types that natural persons or organizational units that are not entrepreneurs may recycle for their own needs, and acceptable methods of their recovery.

Legislation | Poland | 2016

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Act amending Wastes Act and amending some other acts.

Legislation | Poland | 2005

Keyword: Waste management, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Geological and Mining Act and the Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2005

Keyword: Waste management, Waste disposal, Waste non-domestic sources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2004

Keyword: Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Hazardous waste, Authorization/permit, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2011

Keyword: Waste management, Data collection/reporting, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Waste Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2012

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Waste Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2012 (2022)

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX