1. WASTE PREVENTION POLAND
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WASTE PREVENTION POLAND
Beata B. Kłopotek Ph. D.
Department of Waste Management
Copenhagen, 25th March 2015

2. Outline
1. Waste prevention policy framework 2. Progress of the waste prevention implementation at national level 3. Good practices 4. Lessons learned

3. Polish law requirements
Act of 27th April 2001 on waste (J. of L. of 2010 No. 185, item 1243, with later amendments) – up to 22nd January 2013
Act of 14th December 2012 on waste (J. of L. of 2013 item 21, with later amendments) – from 23rd January 2013
Waste prevention programmes are integrated into waste management plans which are revised at least every sixth year
They fulfill at least obligatory requirements of WFD regarding waste prevention programmes.

4. Polish strategy documents
First: National Waste Management Plan (adopted in 2002)
Second: National waste management plan 2010 (adopted in 2006)
Third: National waste management plan 2014 (adopted in 2010; waste prevention programme included)
National waste prevention programme (adopted in 2014)

5. Definition
Article 3 (Waste Framework Directive – WFD) "prevention" means measures taken before a substance, material or product has become waste, that reduce: (a) the quantity of waste, including through the re-use of products or the extension of the life span of products; (b) the adverse impacts of the generated waste on the environment and human health; or (c) the content of harmful substances in materials and products. "quantitative" and "qualitative" prevention

6. Waste hierarchy
Article 4 WFD The following waste hierarchy shall apply as a priority order in waste prevention and management legislation and policy: (a) prevention; (b) preparing for re-use; (c) recycling; (d) other recovery, e.g. energy recovery; and (e) disposal. Member States shall take measures to encourage the options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome. This may require specific waste streams departing from the hierarchy where this is justified by life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste.

7. National waste management plan 2014
Main objective:
Maintaining the tendency for decoupling growth in the amount of generated waste from economic growth expressed in GDP
Main actions:
supporting the introduction of low waste production technologies and those that ensure the use of possibly all components of the raw materials applied
promoting environmental management systems
intensive environmental education that promotes the waste prevention
raising landfill fees, in particular for mixed municipal waste, biodegradable waste and waste not previously treated
developing clean technologies

8. National waste prevention programme – main actions – 1
Developing and implementing a database dedicated to products, packaging and waste management (BDO) that will enable waste prevention (WP) monitoring (2014–2016)
National information platform dedicated to WP containing data, studies and guidelines on WP implementation for local governments, institutions and entrepreneurs (from 2015)
Developing collaboration for WP between stakeholders: Ministry of the Environment, industry and consumer organisations, local and regional administration (from 2015)
Carrying out research and demonstration projects in the field of WP technologies and disseminating research outcomes (2015–2018)

9. National waste prevention programme – main actions – 2
Including in the National Fund’s and voivodship funds’ priorities in the 2014–2020 perspective the option to support SMEs in relation to: replacing old technologies with low-waste, innovative technologies (like in energy efficiency programmes), creating new forms of activity related to waste prevention (2015–2020)
Promotion of eco-design (2015–2020)
Promoting environmental audits of manufacturing processes aimed at taking stock and balancing the flow of raw materials, products, services and waste and at identifying cause and effect relationships determining waste generation (2015–2022)
Campaigns promoting the meaning of the waste hierarchy (including less consumptive lifestyle) (2015–2019)

10. National waste prevention programme – main actions – 3
Initiating and promoting initiatives, competitions for "low-waste" municipalities and cities in constant periodical multiannual programmes by regional governments (2015–2020)
Local WP web platform (2015–2017)
Establishing a network of institutions collaborating for waste prevention, including food waste (2015–2022)
Collecting and publishing teaching aids focusing on WP for schools and universities (2014–2016)
Implementing environmental management systems compliant with ISO 14001, Responsible Care and EMAS in enterprises and public institutions (2014–2022)
Promoting and supporting the development of networks of repair and reuse centres (2014–2018)

11. National waste prevention programme – key waste streams
Mining waste
Waste from thermal processes
Hazardous waste
Municipal waste
Packaging waste
Food waste
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

12. National waste prevention programme – indicators – 1
Amount of generated waste (Mg/year) Desired tendency:  2011: 136 million 2012: 135 million 2013: 141 million Quantity of waste generated in Poland in relation to GDP in constant prices (year 2000 = 100%) million Mg/ PLN billion (kg/PLN) 2011: : : 0.119

13. National waste prevention programme – indicators – 2
Quantity of mining waste: 1) Waste from the flotation of non-ferrous metal ores 2) Waste generated at the stage of rinsing and cleaning minerals in relation to the quantity of the product (black coal, brown coal and copper in total) (Mg/Mg) Desired tendency:  2011: : : 0.37

14. National waste prevention programme – indicators – 3
Quantity of waste from the power industry encompassing: 1) ash and slag mixture from wet discharge of combustion waste; 2) fly ash from coal; 3) mixture of fly ash and solid waste from lime desulphurisation methods; 4) slag, combustion ash and bottom ash in relation to the amount of produced energy (Mg/GWh) Desired tendency:  2011: : : 134

15. National waste prevention programme – indicators – 4
Number of issued ecolabelling certificates (Eko-znak and/or Ecolabel) in Poland per year Desired tendency:  2012: 36 Amount of collected mixed municipal waste per person (kg/P per year) Desired tendency:  2011: : : 213

16. National waste prevention programme – indicators – 5
Quantity of packaging waste in relation to GDP in constant prices from 2000 (thousand Mg/PLN billion per year) Desired tendency:  2011: : : 4.07 Quantity of food delivered to Food Banks by entrepreneurs in Poland (excl. food from EU support programmes) (auxiliary indicator) (Mg/year) Desired tendency:  2011: 6, : 7, : 8,697

17. National waste prevention programme – indicators – 6
Share of the volume of WEEE reused as whole appliances in the total volume of WEEE collected in a given year (%) Desired tendency:  2011: : : 0.64

18. Good practices – 1
The promotion of eco-design – systematic integration of environmental aspects into product design with the aim to improve the environmental performance of the product throughout its life cycle. Providing information through dedicated website of the Ministry of Economy (
The promotion of using some residues as by-products, e.g. ashes form power plants
Limit the wastage of resources through promotion of alternative lifestyles - Website by the Ministry of Environment (ekoszyk.mos.gov.pl)
Promoting reuse through an exchange/trading website (

19. Good practices – 2
Obligation to provide a civic amenity site by each commune (used product can be collected and redistributed)
Promoting separate collection and waste prevention infrastructure – co-financing by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
Prevention of food waste through education and donations - ,
Green public procurement –

20. Lessons learned Education – necessary at all levels
Cooperation and coordination among public institutions
Pilot projects – sharing of good examples

21. Thank you for your attention
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Beata B. Kłopotek Ph. D.
Department of Waste Management
Copenhagen, 25th March 2015