Landfilling is still the most cost-effective way to dispose of waste in the Czech Republic. We are the cheapest country in Europe in this respect, says Miloš Kužvart, Executive Director of the Czech Association of Circular Economy: So that waste does not end up with zero value.pdf
On 1 October 2020, at the invitation of the Director of the Waste Management Department of the State Environmental Fund Ing. Miloš Kužvart, Executive Director of ČAObH and a representative of one of the founding members of ČAObH, VEOLIA, represented by Ing. Veolia By-products ČR, s.r.o. Together with the Director of [...]
The CABH has been working to put the circular economy into practice since 2016. "Our first concrete goal was to put an end to landfilling and to put it where it belongs in the waste hierarchy - at the tail end," says Miloš Kužvat, Executive Director of the ČAObH. This has been achieved with the forthcoming Waste Act, which contains 80% of all the proposals and comments that the ČAObH has developed. [...]
Buildings and construction products require significant amounts of energy and raw materials and therefore the EU should focus on the following areas: 1) Strengthening the management of construction - demolition - renovation waste: construction products must be designed, manufactured and used in a way that ensures the sustainable use of natural resources and promotes recycling and/or reuse [...]
We can give up coal power, but the rotting bio component of landfilled waste creates huge quantities of greenhouse gases. In the long term, we are being unfair to climate protection by landfilling," says former Environment Minister and now Executive Director of the Czech Association of Circular Economy, Miloš Kužvart, PhD. Try to guess what percentage of waste produced in the country ends up in landfills without further use. Ten, twenty [...]
At the time of the covid 19 crisis, it was necessary to coordinate forces as much as possible. It is the strength of associations such as the CAObH that shows its importance in such situations, and associations are a tangible support to their members. CAObH thanks all members for their cooperation not only during the coronavirus crisis. In the attachment you can read the thank you letter that CAObH received from Pražské služeb, a.s.
The second reading of the government's waste bills, the Packaging Act, the law on selected end-of-life products and the so-called Amendment Act is an example of how legislators can make a very positive contribution to the government's proposals. This Wednesday, at a meeting of the House Economic Affairs Committee, amendments were adopted that mark a breakthrough on the road to a circular economy. By a large majority of the voting members of the [...]
Dear Madam, Dear Sir, only one week is left until the online broadcast of the debate, where the most topical topics of the Czech waste management will be discussed. We have prepared the debate as an alternative to the Waste and Municipalities 2020 Conference. We would like to inform you about a change in the programme that we had to make. As a meeting of the Economic Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the [...]
The associations of the main waste management companies have sent an open letter to the EU leadership: the circular economy can help the EU in the post-covid era. Open letter To the kind attention of:Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European CommissionFrans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European CommissionThierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal MarketVirginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Dear Ms von der [...]
The House Environment Committee has considered all the amendments in detail. I am frankly pleased that the proposals, which were in direct contradiction to the principles of the circular economy, were not adopted. However, I consider it a pity, in a way, that already now, during the debate on 29 April 2020, the proposals of Members who suggested earlier mandatory use of bio-waste were not supported. In the meantime, it can still go to landfill (up to [...]
