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19. 1. 2021

An important document for future ObH technologies in the EU is emerging

The consultation on one of the key documents, the Sustainable Investment Regulation (Taxanomy), is currently underway. This document will significantly influence technological developments in the areas of waste and water management and the direction of legislative documents and the provision of EU funding. In this context, the CABH considers it essential that we join forces to promote the interests of the Czech Republic in the final [...]

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15. 1. 2021

Questions to the Ministry of the Environment in connection with the new waste regulations

Questions to the Ministry of the Environment in connection with the new waste regulations 1. How will the value of 6.5 MJ/kg be determined OBJECTIVELY? We consider it inappropriate for landfill operators to determine calorific value only by their subjective estimation. Who is competent to estimate the calorific value of waste at a landfill site, whether it is greater or less than 6.5 MJ/kg? (serious, compactorist??? - you have no idea [...]

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18. 12. 2020

The Packaging Cluster has a clear goal: sustainable packaging

The Czech Circular Economy Association has brought together representatives of key sectors to create real conditions for the circular economy. They work in open clusters: packaging, construction, energy, these are the most active so far. The Waste Act and related legislation, approved (finally!) with effect from January 2021, form the basic framework for this work. But this needs to be complemented by concrete initiatives. For example, the Packaging Cluster [...]

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14. 12. 2020

Prioritise Czech waste for recycling and do not import unusable ones from abroad. The Ministry of the Environment will tighten controls.

The Ministry of the Environment has objected to the threat of a collapse of plastic waste sorting in municipalities. The reports came in response to the ban on landfilling of plastic sorting residues unless the criteria defined by the new law are met. However, according to the MIT, the relevant provisions of the law will ensure that "landfills do not compete with recycling facilities and that the long-standing waste management hierarchy is realistically implemented." Further [...]

Press releases - everything
12. 12. 2020

Five years ago, VIZE 2024 pointed the way to a circular economy. It was finally reflected in the new waste regulations.

Prague, 8 December 2020 - In spring 2015, the VIZE 2024 platform under the banner of EMPRESS o.p.s. called on the professional and general public, representatives of the business and non-profit sphere: let's plant our voices to promote the circular economy in the Czech Republic. It added a specific ten steps that are necessary for this, including an increase in the price for landfill waste as one of the [...]

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2. 12. 2020

New waste legislation has been passed. It is a victory for reason.

Prague, 2 December 2020 - The House of Parliament of the Czech Republic has adopted four new laws by a clear majority: the Waste Act, the Packaging Act, the End-of-Life Products Act and the Amendment Act. The Czech Association of the Circular Economy (CAObH) considers this result a victory for common sense and responsibility under the circumstances. If the decision was taken yesterday to further postpone [...]

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27. 11. 2020

Abolish yellow bins and send plastics to landfill? Nonsense.

Reaction of the Czech Association of Circular Waste Management to the press release of the ČAOH In Prague 27.11.2020 - The opinion of the Czech Association of Circular Waste Management (ČAOH) on the discussed waste laws published yesterday corresponds to its name. It prefers to postpone the law's entry into force for at least a year and thus supports the extension of the possibility of landfilling even already sorted waste. According to the established waste hierarchy, which has been in force for over twenty years, [...]

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19. 11. 2020

Why not reject the Packaging Bill

Transposition of the new Packaging Directive is already five months late. Failure to adopt the amendment to the Packaging Act means a new legislative process, including commenting procedures. This will delay transposition by at least another year. From an EU point of view, it is significant that while a delay in transposition is tolerated if the transposition standard is in the parliamentary process, it is never tolerated if transposition is not [...]

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10. 11. 2020

We pay hundreds of millions extra a year due to double taxation of recycling

The Czech Association of the Circular Economy (ČAObH) and the Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic (SMO CR) issued a joint press release. In it, they call on MPs to correct the situation where recycling is double-taxed by approving Jan Řehounek's amendment. According to the proposal, the provision of municipal waste management services by municipalities has been included among the activities subject to VAT.

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20. 10. 2020

The law is final, we are working on it

Four bills on waste management have arrived in the Senate for consideration. This should finally bring to a close one phase of our work in the Association, when we have been pushing elements of the circular economy into the laws and trying to speed up the process of limiting landfilling and its disadvantage compared to recycling as much as possible. We are already working on the next phase. In September, at a meeting of the members of the [...]

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