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ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

LEGAL ACTS:

  1. Act of 11 September 2015 on waste electrical and electronic equipment – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=wdu20150001688
  2. Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 7 November 2020 on the method and detailed manner of calculating the minimum annual collection rate of waste electrical and electronic equipment – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20200002035
  3. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 14 June 2018 on specific product fee rates for groups of equipment – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20180001194

BATTERIES

LEGAL ACTS:

  1. Act of 24 April 2009 on batteries and accumulators – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20090790666
  2. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 25 April 2019 on the template of the document confirming the collection of the deposit fee and the document confirming the return of the deposit fee – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20190000811
  3. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 25 April 2019 on the reporting of the amount of the deposit fee collected and the unclaimed deposit fee transferred – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20190000808
  4. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 3 December 2009 on the product fee rate – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20092151672
  5. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 3 December 2009 on annual collection rates for waste portable batteries and waste portable accumulators – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20092151671

PACKAGING

LEGAL ACTS:

  1. Act of 13 June 2013 on the packaging and packaging waste management – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=wdu20130000888
  2. Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 19 December 2021 on the annual rates of packaging waste recycling by year until 2030 – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20210002375
  3. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 27 August 2019 on the recycling fee rate – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20190001639
  4. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 3 September 2014 on packaging labelling standards – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20140001298
  5. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 22 October 2013 on an illustrative list of products that are or are not considered packaging – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20130001274

POST-CONSUMED WASTE: tyres, oils, greases

LEGAL ACTS:

  1. Act of 11 May 2001 on economic operators’ obligations in the scope of managing certain types of waste and on the product fee – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20010630639
  2. Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 19 December 2019 on the detailed rates of product fees for individual products – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20190002485

GENERAL:

LEGAL ACTS:

  1. Act of 14 December 2012 on waste – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=wdu20130000021
  2. Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 11 September 2020 on specific requirements for waste storage – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20200001742
  3. Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 2 January 2020 on the waste catalogue – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20200000010
  4. Regulation of the Minister of Climate of 23 December 2019 on types of waste and quantities of waste for which there is no obligation to keep waste records – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20190002531
  5. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 19 January 2018 on the rates of the registration fee and the annual fee – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20180000184
  6. Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 7 October 2016 on specific requirements for waste transport  – https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20160001742

HELPFUL WEBSITES

  1. BDO – Database about products, packaging, and waste management, https://bdo.mos.gov.pl/
  2. Website of the Ministry of Climate and Environment, https://www.gov.pl/web/klimat
  3. Website of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, https://uokik.gov.pl/
  4. Ministry of the Environment, www.mos.gov.pl
  5. Chief Inspector of Environmental Protection, www.gios.gov.pl
  6. National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, www.nfosigw.gov.pl
  7. Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, www.uokik.gov.pl
  8. Marshal’s Office of the Mazovian Voivodeship, www.mazovia.pl
  9. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Podlaskiego, www.wrotapodlasia.pl
  10. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, www.bip.warmia.mazury.pl
  11. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Lubelskiego, www.lubelskie.pl
  12. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Pomorskiego, www.pomorskie.eu/urzad-marszalkowski-wojewodztwa-pomorskiego
  13. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego, www.wzp.pl
  14. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego, www.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl
  15. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Wielkopolskiego, www.umww.pl
  16. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Lubuskiego, www.lubuskie.pl
  17. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Dolnośląskiego, www.umwd.dolnyslask.pl
  18. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Łódzkiego, www.lodzkie.pl
  19. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Opolskiego, www.umwo.opole.pl
  20. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Śląskiego, www.slaskie.pl
  21. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Świętokrzyskiego, www.swietokrzyskie.pro
  22. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Małopolskiego, www.malopolska.pl
  23. Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Podkarpackiego, www.podkarpackie.pl

CATEGORIES OF EEE COVERED BY ACT ON WEEE

1. Temperature exchange equipment 

Refrigerators, Freezers, Equipment which automatically delivers cold products, Air conditioning equipment, Dehumidifying equipment, Heat pumps, Radiators containing oil and other temperature exchange equipment using fluids other than water for the temperature exchange. 

2. Screens, monitors, and equipment containing screens having a surface greater than 100 cm2 

Screens, Televisions, LCD photo frames, Monitors, Laptops, Notebooks. 

3. Lamps 

Straight fluorescent lamps, Compact fluorescent lamps, Fluorescent lamps, High intensity discharge lamps – including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps, Low pressure sodium lamps, LED. 

4. Large equipment 

Washing machines, Clothes dryers, Dish washing machines, Cookers, Electric stoves, Electric hot plates, Luminaires, Equipment reproducing sound or images, Musical equipment (excluding pipe organs installed in churches), Appliances for knitting and weaving, Large computer-mainframes, Large printing machines, Copying equipment, Large coin slot machines, Large medical devices, Large monitoring and control instruments, Large appliances which automatically deliver products and money, Photovoltaic panels. 

5. Small equipment 

Vacuum cleaners, Carpet sweepers, Appliances for sewing, Luminaires, Microwaves, Ventilation equipment, Irons, Toasters, Electric knives, Electric kettles, Clocks and Watches, Electric shavers, Scales, Appliances for hair and body care, Calculators, Radio sets, Video cameras, Video recorders, Hi-fi equipment, Musical instruments, Equipment reproducing sound or images, Electrical and electronic toys, Sports equipment, Computers for biking, diving, running, rowing, etc., Smoke detectors, Heating regulators, Thermostats, Small Electrical and electronic tools, Small medical devices, Small Monitoring and control instruments, Small Appliances which auto matically deliver products, Small equipment with integrated photovoltaic panels. 

6. Small IT and telecommunication equipment (no external dimension more than 50 cm) 

Mobile phones, GPS, Pocket calculators, Routers, Personal computers, Printers, Telephones

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