How will the new waste management regulations affect business?

17/08/2018

Beginning of summer season was pretty intensive for the Polish legislator. In July and August 2018 a package of legislative solutions was adopted, which is supposed to be the answer to the abuse within the waste industry in Poland, especially in relation to recent landfill site fires. The amended acts included: the Act on Waste dated 14 December 2012 and the Act on the Environmental Protection Inspectorate dated 20 July 1991. The new solutions are set to affect entities operating directly in the waste business as well as those operating in other industries, which were free from the abuse discovered by the legislator, particularly the energy sector. Basically, the new waste management regulations will come into force within 14 days from publication. Some transitional periods are foreseen, but overall the time to adapt to the new requirements will be limited. Below is a summary of the most important changes that can affect business.