Could lack of waste become a problem? Statement by Anna Grom and Paweł Lesiak for the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily

Without effective recycling, we will not meet our obligations to close the recycling loop, with the threat of heavy fines. However, we can take action today instead of waiting idly for change.

On this subject in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Interzero Board Representatives spoke: Anna Grom and Paweł Lesiak.

"The suspension or closure of treatment plants is an increasingly common scenario also in Germany or Italy, i.e. countries where the financial outlay for the collection, sorting, transport and treatment system has been for years, and still is, much higher than in Poland". - says Anna Grom.

"The situation has clearly got out of hand, as no one seems to have assumed that the EU would import recyclate en masse from the other side of the world, about whose composition and quality we know nothing. It is high time to restrict imports of untested and often falsely labelled secondary raw materials. This is because they displace better-quality but more expensive locally processed material from the market. Closing the borders in this way could be good for everyone." - says Paweł Lesiak.

"I would suggest conducting an up-to-date and meticulous environmental auditThis year's experience has shown that even large operators, due to the lack of reliable verification, can overstate the weight of packaging by up to 40 per cent. This year's experience has shown that even large entities, due to the lack of reliable verification, are able to overstate the weight of packaging by up to 40 per cent." - Paweł Lesiak adds.

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