• Subject of issue: 4 Most Popular BDO Myths You Must Know!
    In January 2022, 4 years have passed since the register of entities introducing products, packaged products and managing waste, which is an integral part of the database on products and packaging and waste management, "BDO". The system is constantly changing, there are new functionalities and improvements, and there are more and more registered entities.
  • Amendment to the RES Act - what changes await us
    The amendment to the act on renewable energy sources will introduce, on the one hand, a limitation of obligations for entities wishing to generate energy in small installations, on the other hand, it will result in the ex officio transfer of entrepreneurs holding concessions, and whose installations meet the conditions specified for a small installation, to the register of energy producers in a small installation.
  • New fee rates for issuing a water permit
    On October 12, 2021, the notice of the Minister of Infrastructure of September 29, 2021 was published on the rates of fees for granting water law permits applicable from January 1, 2022 (Polish Official Gazette of 2021, item 932). How have prices changed compared to what was in force in 2021?
  • The rates of fees for the use of the environment for 2022 have appeared
    Entities using the environment submit to the voivodship marshal lists containing information and data on the use of the environment and the amount of fees due for the use of the environment for the previous calendar year by March 31 of the following year.
  • What are the penalties for breaking the provisions of the Waste Act
    On September 23, the Act of August 11, 2021 amending the Act on the maintenance of cleanliness and order in municipalities, the Act - Environmental Protection Law and the Waste Act entered into force, which changed the amount and nature of penalties for breaking waste regulations.
  • Entrepreneur's obligations in January 2022
  • Vehicle registration card - what should be marked in the BDO
    Question: I would like to ask a question regarding the record card of end-of-life vehicles. If we provide waste in the form of e.g. oil filters with the code 16 01 07 *, brake linings 16 01 12, antifreeze fluids in the code 16 01 14 * and other transferred to the KPO with the R12 process, we collect the waste transfer card in the panel " transferred waste ”is the table in which it should be included, when we have a choice of: mass of waste transferred in the country for: recycling, energy recovery, non-recycling recovery processes excluding energy recovery, shredding in shredder, destruction. If it is known that this waste has been picked up by a company that has a collection permit and which passes this waste on to the company dealing with the disposal of the above-mentioned waste.

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