New Waste Management Rules For Mining Companies

New laws are being introduced to reduce the adverse effects of extractive waste on people and the environment and to bring Polish law on managing extractive waste into line with EU law.

The legislation will come into force on 15 August 2008 (apart from a few provisions of the Act that will come into force on 1 May 2012). Holders of the extractive wastes running their activities on the day before the Act comes into force are required to adapt their activities to the provisions of the Act by 1 May 2012 (apart from the financial guarantee provisions, which needs to be adapted by operator of waste facilities by 1 May 2014).

Key provisions of the new law include: