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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Recycling of waste in the Czech Republic is hindered by landfillers from ČAOH, the new association ČAObH wants to promote waste recovery

Monday, October 3, 2016 - Prague, June 23, 2016 - The Czech Association of Circular Economy (ČAObH) is a newly founded, emerging group (a constituent association), whose birth was initiated by the companies VEOLIA and SITA CZ together with representatives of the academic sphere (VŠCHT). The main objective of the association is to promote the ideas of circular economy in the Czech Republic and to fight against landfilling of usable waste. [...]

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Miloš Kužvart wore the jersey of the Czech Association of Circular Economy (CAObH)

Former Minister of the Environment Miloš Kužvart has become the Executive Director of the Czech Association of Circular Economy (ČAObH). Since its inception, the association has supported all aspects of the circular economy (circular economy) and currently works primarily to promote the recycling and recovery of waste instead of dumping waste in the ever-expanding Czech landfills. Who does the ČAObH associate?The Czech Association of Circular Economy, z. s., (ČAObH) [...]

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