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Answers to frequently asked questions on the obligations arising from EU Directive 2019/904 and the draft law on limiting the environmental impact of selected plastic products

2021_Answers to frequently asked questions on the obligations arising from EU Directive 2019904 and the draft law on limiting the environmental impact of selected plastic products.pdf

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We are experiencing a turning point in waste management

The current changes in waste management have the necessary support from the state and the Czech Association of Circular Economy, including financial support. Changing waste management is important not only for the present but also for the future. 2021_We are experiencing a turning point in waste management.pdf

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Draft Decree laying down the criteria for solid alternative fuels to cease to be waste

With this proposal, the ČAObH is trying to help the Ministry of the Environment in both of its priorities: not to use as feedstock for solid alternative fuels anything that can burden the environment with its energy use, but also the other extreme: landfillers will try to dump a few hundred thousand tons of TAP as a "non-conforming product" under the pretext that they have "failed".

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FEAD participates in the European Parliament hearing on plastics

Brussels, 25 February 2021 Today, FEAD, the European Waste Management Association,represented by its President, Mr. Peter Kurth, participated in the European Parliament ENVI and PETICommittees' Joint Public Hearing entitled "Plastics and waste management in the circular economy". Waste management activities are integral to circular industrial chains and have a crucial role to playto ensure the circularity [...]

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Opinion of the CAObH on the management of dried sewage sludge

For the purposes of the approval process of the plan for the energy recovery of dried sewage sludge from the Olomouc wastewater treatment plant at the Olomouc heating plant, the Czech Association of Circular Economy has issued the opinion below. Veolia Energie ČR, a.s. has asked the ČAObH for an opinion on the administrative process of the EIA notification and the zoning procedure - Energy recovery of dried sewage sludge at the Olomouc heating plant. The inquiry is [...]

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Seminar on Circular Economy III at the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

The Executive Director of the ČAObH, Mr. RNDr. Miloš Kužvart, presented a seminar on the topic of Circular Economy III on the floor of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on 16.2.2021. ČAObH_RNDr. Miloš Kužvart_Seminar Circular Economy III on the floor of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on 16.2.2021.pdf

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Infectious waste in the Czech Republic, emergency situation - request for approval of an exemption

To the Chairman of the Central Crisis Staff of the Czech Republic, Jan Hamáček IN PRAGUE 16 FEBRUARY 2021 Dear Chairman of the Central Crisis Staff, The situation in the management and disposal of infectious waste from hospitals is critical and almost unsustainable due to the persistence of highly excessive production. We are contacting you because we want to maintain safe management and disposal of infectious waste in the [...]

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