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19. 6. 2017

The University of Chemical Technology in Prague became a member of the ČAObH

The University of Chemical Technology in Prague is a new member of the ČAObH. We talked to the Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Technology, Vladimír Koci, about the details of the relationship of the University of Chemical Technology to the circular economy. What led VŠCHT to join the Czech Association of Circular Economy? VŠCHT Prague, and in particular the Faculty of Environmental Technology, has actually been involved in circular economy for several decades, [...]

News
14. 6. 2017

Veolia prepares coal slag for reuse in the production of industrial abrasives

Veolia is preparing the energy by-product of coal combustion at Elektrárna-Třebovice for reuse in the production of industrial abrasives. Electricity is still largely produced in coal-fired power plants in the Czech Republic. Coal is burned in a boiler, the heat generated heats water, which is turned into steam that drives a turbine that generates electricity. This classic electricity generation process is still [...]

Use of waste
5. 6. 2017

Circular economy in companies: opportunity or threat?

Recently, the circular economy has become the talk of the town across Europe. Should companies be concerned about the newly proposed legislation? Or should it be seen as an opportunity? If so, is it an opportunity for producers or, on the contrary, for waste companies? To get a better idea, we can look to countries to the west of [...]

News
2. 5. 2017

Environmental protection is an attractive occupation in Europe

Eurostat, the European statistical office, has published the number of employees in the environmental sector as part of Green Week. According to the office, the 'green economy' in Europe is worth seven hundred billion euros. The sectors in which the highest numbers of people work are energy, water supply, waste management and remediation. Thirty-four per cent of employees work here. This is followed by construction with 27 per cent, services with 17 per cent, mining [...]

News
1. 3. 2017

The amendment to Decree No. 294 does not prevent the construction of recycling and separation lines

Recently, landfill companies have come up with a stricter calorific value parameter (from 8 MJ/kg to 6.5 MJ/kg in dry matter) for the output of recycling and sorting lines for mixed municipal waste in response to the amendment of Decree 294/2005 Coll. The Ministry of the Environment and representatives of the [...]

Stop landfilling
11. 1. 2017

Delays over waste law will affect the environment

Wednesday, 11 January 2017 - From the beginning, the Czech Association of Circular Economy (ČAObH) has been unequivocally supporting the draft Waste Act from the Ministry of the Environment, which is to be discussed by the Legislative Council of the Government, and efforts to reduce the amount of waste disposed of in landfills in general. It believes that the law is a necessary step to stop wasting [...]

Press releases - everything
3. 11. 2016

The change to the Ministry of the Environment's decree has a clear objective - to reduce the landfilling of recoverable waste

Thursday, 3 November 2016 - The Czech Association of Circular Economy (CCAObH) unequivocally welcomes efforts to reduce the amount of waste disposed of in landfills. Draft Decree 294/2005 Coll., on the conditions for landfilling, correctly prohibits the landfilling of waste with potential for material recovery, recycling or energy recovery. In other words, the decree clearly defines which waste must not be landfilled. [...]

Legislation (all), Press releases - all
31. 10. 2016

Without changes to waste legislation, the Czech Republic will continue to waste natural resources

Monday, 31 October 2016 - The Czech Association of Circular Economy (CCAA) welcomes efforts to improve the primary separation of municipal waste. Primary separation means sorting into yellow (plastics), green (glass), blue (paper), brown (bio-waste) or possibly differently coloured containers. It is here that the CABH sees the real potential for the reuse of materials or secondary raw materials. However, the Czech waste [...]

Press releases - everything
11. 10. 2016

Technology neutrality can have serious environmental impacts

Tuesday, 11 October 2016 - The Czech Circular Economy Association considers the principle of technological neutrality a gamble in the field of environmental protection. Let us recall that technology neutrality generally means that the state does not favour certain technologies to the detriment of others. However, this is what landfill companies often call for. They do not want efficient technologies to be favoured over landfill. They do so mainly because [...]

Press releases - everything