Debate "Are we ready to implement a bail system in Poland?" PAP Media Room

Yesterday, i.e. 13 March at 13:00, the debate "Are we ready to implement a bail system in Poland?" took place, organised by the PAP Business. The event, on behalf of Interzero, was attended by Pawel Sosnowski, Board representative for environmental regulation.

Passed at the end of the last legislature, the bill on the bail system will come into force on 1 January 2025. Its provisions raised many objections from the industry, which called for a postponement of the entry into force of the new legislation and a revision of the draft. The debate focused on finding answers to key questions about the scheme:

• What are the objectives of introducing a bail system in Poland
• Main advantages and disadvantages of the solutions adopted by the legislator in the bail system
• Main proposals for amendments to the Deposit Scheme Act
• Position of the Ministry of Climate and Environment on the solutions adopted in the draft law
• Experience from other European countries implementing similar solutions
• Is the industry ready to implement the law from 1 January 2025?
• Operational tasks required for the operation of the system, broken down by key stakeholder groups
• Is the deposit scheme managed by one or several operators?
• Recommendations for action to rapidly generalise the bail system

Will it be possible to launch bail schemes in 2025?

"I think it is. We know that the bail system will be in place in Poland as early as 2025, and the law was published last September, so those who intend to set up these bail systems have been working on it for some time now. Of course, time is short, probably on 1 January these systems will not be up and running, but in the following months they probably will." - said Pawel Sosnowski

"The changes to the Act go in the right direction. They are not revolutionary changes, but supplement these provisions with necessary corrections that were expected by entrepreneurs. In these changes that have been proposed, I missed a coordinator of bail systems - a so-called umbrella institution that would synchronise the activities of several bail systems, following the example of the German institution set up by entrepreneurs. I am also missing a proposal to improve the collection of waste from commercial units, that is, to reduce the administrative requirements for the transport of packaging waste. This would also reduce the carbon footprint, as waste could be collected from shops in the same vehicles as the products are delivered." - comments Pawel Sosnowski

The packaging revolution is fast approaching. There are only a few months left to adapt to the new legal realities. If you market beverages in packaging covered by a deposit system, you can fulfil your statutory obligations on your own by calculating and paying a product fee or by joining a deposit system in which a representative entity will be responsible for fulfilling the statutory obligations.

Polish Chamber of Recovering and Recycling of Packaging (PIOIRO) create a representative entity and entrust Interzero tasks associated with building and operating a bail system. Trust the experts and join us. More information HERE 

The transcript of the debate is available at HERE 

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