FPP: draft law implementing Plastics Directive incomplete

The Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs (FPP) calls for the comprehensive publication of all regulations related to the plastic directive (Single Use Plastics), extended producer responsibility, and other regulations of the waste package at one time. It is necessary for every entrepreneur to have a full overview of the obligations and costs that await him, and for the designed producer responsibility system to be transparent and effective. Publication long enough in advance is all the more necessary when many entrepreneurs struggle with the effects of the pandemic.

In the opinion of FPP, the current draft acts do not contain provisions on beverage bottles, and the draftsperson has not shown in any of the documents made available for consultation the actual costs related to the collection from publicly accessible places and cleaning up of the types of waste subject to payment from public areas, and then waste to be recycled, or how the levy is used.

"Undoubtedly, the regulations of this project will affect the functioning of many companies, including the gastronomy experienced during the pandemic, and their employees, introducing a number of obligations and increasing costs by introducing new fees. Meanwhile, the proposed regulation is incomplete and imprecise," Sylwia Szczepańska, dialogue director of the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs (FPP), expert of the Center for Legislative Analyzes and Economic Policy (CALPE), emphasized.

(WBJ)