What's new at Interzero? Check out the March summary

What happened at Interzero in March? Read a summary of our speeches, industry activities and education!

Below we summarise our industry activities and speeches that took place in March. Our experts are taking an active part in these to work together with businesses and local authorities to develop the best possible waste management models, and to promote our solutions for more optimal waste management.

Paweł Lesiak, Vice President of the Management Board at Interzero, participated in a panel discussion during the European Congress of Local Governments in Mikołajki, where he debated the future of the waste management system in Poland together with experts from various sectors. During the discussion, key issues were raised about the challenges and barriers facing municipalities in maintaining cleanliness and order, the changes needed and the need for cooperation between all stakeholders to create an effective, sustainable system.

- Cooperation between local authorities, recovery organisations and lawyers specialising in waste legislation is key to creating an effective waste management system.

- emphasises Paweł Lesiak, highlighting the diversity of perspectives and the importance of acting together.

On 11 March, the debate 'The technological perspective of the food and packaging industry in the face of the packaging revolution' took place in Łódź, organised by Janusz Olejnik of FoodFakty as part of the Pack4Future Forum. Przemysław Kuna, representing Interzero Poland, focused on the challenges of recyclability in the context of the PPWR regulation and the new ROP. Przemysław highlighted the very controversial assumptions of the environment ministry's project:

- The new ROP, now as proposed and presented, is a threat and I am full of concern.

He stressed that businesses have to take into account the differences in waste management infrastructure across the EU, which poses an additional challenge. He added that business faced not only the costs arising from new regulations, but also the investment needed to return materials to circulation.

In March, we also had the pleasure of exhibiting at the Franchise Fair, held at PGE Narodowe. At our stand, we presented a compact and effective solution for automating bail collection in the form of the Sielaff SiCompact ECO M bottle dispenser, an Oklin composter and a range of services that can help franchisees in the day-to-day running of their businesses in various industries.

Our stand attracted a lot of interest - we had the opportunity to have many inspiring conversations with representatives of franchise networks and people looking for modern, green solutions for their business.

- The structure of the retail and HORECA market in Poland is not only made up of large, centralised chains, but also a huge network of franchisees, who often run businesses in several different industries with varying degrees of environmental obligations. Our presence at a trade fair aimed at this group of operators is a signal that we have solutions for everyone. And this is how we want to be perceived in the market.

- emphasised Łukasz Czarnowski, Head of Digital Sales CCF at Interzero.

We encourage you to follow our profile to keep up to date with events where you can meet us!

Any marketer of packaging in a country must establish a authorised representative and obtain licence on packaging and/or selected products (batteries, accumulators, tyres). To educate introducers on their obligations under extended producer responsibility in individual countries, we are running a series of free webinars, from which entrepreneurs can find out whether they have an obligation, which waste streams need to be licensed and where they can get support. On 20 March, a free training course was held for introducers in Croatia and Slovenia, which can be viewed here.

You are cordially invited to the upcoming Interzero Webinars:

[ENG] Local obligations for Authorised Representative & EPR in Spain | 17 April 2025 | 10:00-11:00 | Free attendance

[ENG] The PPWR is coming - are you ready? | 29 April 2025 | 10:00-11:00 | Free participation

We encourage you to follow our calendar of eventsso that you do not miss out on upcoming training courses.

Read about the key educational activities we undertook in March.

We have published a report collecting our most interesting educational activities in 2024 - for children, young people, adults, professionals and... art lovers.

In the publication you will find, among other things, information on:

• EcoPak' programme of activities for schools and eco-educators;
• podcasts, reports and outreach of the Eco Without Cuts campaign;
• cooperation with culture and the third sector;
• campaign linking ecology and mental wellbeing - 'Recharge your batteries';
• electro adventure animation with PSZOK in tl.e

Download the report to find out how diverse, timely and engaging environmental education can be: https://interzero.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2025/03/Publiczne-kampanie-ekologiczne-Interzero-2024.pdf

The ecological exhibition, of which Interzero is a partner, has once again gone on tour. Until 25 April, it can be visited in Wrocław in the unique space of the Wrocław Główny railway station.

The exhibition is aimed at children from the age of 5 and whole families. It shows that being eco isn't about making sacrifices, it's about making smart and cost-effective choices like segregating waste correctly, saving water and catching 'energy vampires' in the living room. Admission to the exhibition is free - please visit and follow our profile so you don't miss out on information about the next stops of the exhibition!

Another 200 EkoPak were distributed to schools in the Mazovia region. Thanks to our materials, pupils will produce biogas together and grow an edible plant themselves, or create magnets reminding them of the principles of not wasting food. They will also learn how food is prepared for cosmonauts and how we can make use of it. They will also solve the mystery of why we do not drown in fallen leaves and what can be created from bio-waste.

The penultimate day of March is a small celebration of our industry - Zero Waste Day. On this occasion, on Radio Four, Edyta Mantorska, head of the Environmental Education Team, talked about disposability. Is disposability at a premium these days?

We hope that this meeting with the listeners of the Polish Radio will be the beginning of a longer cooperation and the promotion of environmental education also through radio.

The guest of the April podcast 'Eco without the corners' was one of the greatest experts on aluminium recycling - Jacek Wodzislawski, president of the RECAL Foundation.

There was talk of education, music festivals and, of course, canning. What came out of it was probably the most rock'n'roll EBK episode to date.