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17. 4. 2020

The Ministry of the Environment has published recommendations on how to handle used protective equipment in workplaces

The Ministry of the Environment has published recommendations for companies, authorities and health care facilities on how to include waste from disposable protective equipment currently generated in connection with the COVID-19 epidemic in the Waste Catalogue. The key is to distinguish between workplaces with no risk of infection, and those where a risk of infection can be anticipated. In the context of the current epidemic, there are various [...]

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19. 3. 2020

Guidelines for the management of infectious waste

Opinion of the National Reference Center for Soil and Waste Hygiene on the prevention of infection in workers handling waste contaminated or potentially contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 In response to questions and recommendations from the CAObH and other interested parties, the State Institute of Health has issued recommendations related to the handling of infectious and potentially infectious waste from citizens, hospitals, and businesses. So how would we [...]

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18. 3. 2020

We cannot afford to postpone the landfill ban to 2030. It is a gamble with the future.

The opportunity to end the landfilling of recoverable waste by 2024 has been missed, but postponing it until 2030 is too big a concession to the landfill lobby. The 2027 date is also achievable for municipalities if meaningful action is taken. Since 2014, when the amendment to the current Waste Act was adopted by the parliamentary [...]

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17. 12. 2019

ON 7 JANUARY, A SEMINAR ON "ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY" WAS HELD

Seminar on "Economic Aspects of Circular Economy" under the auspices of the Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Ing. Marian Jurecka took place on 7 January 2020 in the Chamber of Deputies. PROGRAM. M. Jurečka - on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment. Jan Maršák, Ph.D. Presentation of the planned changes in legislation and their economic impact on companies, municipalities, public finances (recapitulation of the [...]

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13. 12. 2019

Companies discussed how to move from sorting to actual recycling

EMPRESS, o.p.s. - Platform for more efficient use of resources and sustainable consumption and production organized on 10 December 2019 a business brunch of the Czech Association of Circular Economy (CAObH) entitled "From sorting to real recycling" with the main focus on plastics. Over 25 representatives from CAObH member organisations as well as other companies and members of the press attended the briefing. Two themes resonated: changing [...]

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14. 11. 2019

Workshop: export promotion in a nutshell for technologies, products of the circular economy will take place on 4 December in Prague.

We cordially invite you to the workshop "Export promotion in a nutshell for technologies and products of the circular economy" in Prague. The workshop is designed primarily for small and medium-sized companies and aims to provide comprehensive information on removing barriers to the export of products, technologies and know-how in the field of circular economy. The speakers are representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) [...]

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17. 7. 2019

Opinion of the Czech Association of Circular Economy, z.s. on the proposal to introduce PET bottle backup

According to the INCIEN and EUNOMIA study, PET bottle back-up would lead to significantly higher costs of collecting beverage packaging than at present and, if the current system of sorted collection were to be disrupted, could even work against the achievement of the objectives of increasing the separation and recycling of plastics. Unfortunately, the studies [...]

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17. 7. 2019

Interview with RNDr. Miloš Kužvart, Executive Director of ČAObH, for Průmyslovou ekologii

Landfillers pay CZK 3 billion in dividends abroad. And that is where the dog is buried. Unlike many others, the Czech Association of Circular Economy was founded relatively recently, only in 2016. Compared to last year, the number of association members has doubled and many more companies are interested in joining. The reasons for joining are quite simple: companies that are serious about transforming the Czech waste management into a circular one need information, need [...]

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3. 7. 2019

Registration for the Circulation Management course at the University of Technology Prague is still open

VŠCHT Praha and INCIEN launch the third year of the Circular Economy Lifelong Learning Course. The expert partners of the course are SUEZ Využití virov a.s., Association of Circular Economy and Veolia Czech Republic, a.s. More than 60 expert lectures The course brings participants the latest information in the field of circular economy within the content of more than 60 lectures. During the course, participants will also take part in an excursion to [...]

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