Market wants to recycle waste electrical equipment

Polish Power Exchange, a company owned by the Warsaw Stock Exchange, wants to change the process of utilizing electrowaste, Puls Biznesu reports. Poland has to meet the EU goal of utilizing 35 percent of its electrowaste by 2016. Current statistics suggest, that this level has already been achieved two years ago, however, even the companies doubt this result. Falsyfing the result is a common practice, and this problem PPE wants to tackle. PPE authorities suggest, that a system of recycling certificates that can be bought may on a market. The certificates would be given for documented recycle act. "Such practice would enable interested to get reliable information about the supply, demand and prices" states Agata Samcik, TGE spokesman. The value of the potential market would be PLN 96-106 billion. The project will be discussed next week by Ministers Comitee.