Government goes to war with “waste mafia”
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Sławomir Mazurek, deputy minister of the environment, has announced the consistent tightening up of legislation and the imposition of new requirements on the waste management industry. “We are determined to go after the waste mafias,” he said. Paweł Ciećko, the Chief Inspector for Environmental Protection, has recently announced that the institution would double employment and develop cooperation with other services, including the prosecutor’s office and border guards.
Losses in the waste management industry which result from the existence of the gray zone are estimated by the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) at approximately PLN 2.5-2.7 billion annually. KIG estimates the size of the waste management market in Poland at PLN 3.5 billion.
