On 1 July 2013, a new waste management system will come into effect. The municipality will select, through a competitive tender, a company that will collect waste from all property owners. This will make dumping rubbish in the forest unprofitable. All residents will pay a waste collection fee according to the principle “You sort – you pay less.”
The system change will introduce a different method of settling fees for municipal waste collection (fees will be collected by Bolesławiec City Hall). Through a tender, the municipality will select an enterprise that will establish a Central Municipal Waste Collection Point, where selected fractions of municipal waste will be collected.
At the Central Selective Municipal Waste Collection Point, sorted fractions of municipal waste are collected, namely glass, paper and cardboard, composite packaging, metal and plastics, green waste, expired medicines and chemicals, used batteries and accumulators, used electrical and electronic equipment, textiles and clothing, used tyres, furniture and other bulky waste, and construction and demolition waste in the form of clean rubble (brick, concrete).
Additionally:
- expired medicines and mercury thermometers should be placed in containers for collecting expired medicines, located in designated pharmacies throughout the city
- used batteries should be placed in special containers for used batteries located at municipal nursery schools and schools, as well as at Bolesławiec City Hall (1 Piłsudskiego Square) and the town hall
- used accumulators should be handed over to retail outlets obliged to collect this waste
- used electrical and electronic equipment (e.g. refrigerators, washing machines, cookers, dishwashers, monitors, televisions, printers, etc.) should be handed over to used electrical and electronic equipment collection points when purchasing new equipment
- furniture and other bulky waste (e.g. floor coverings, carpets, broken ladders, prams) will be collected within 48 hours after the property owner reports it to the authorised entity collecting municipal waste from their property
- construction and demolition waste should be placed in suitable containers for construction waste collection, rented from the waste collection company under an agreement concluded by the property owner with that entity
- green waste should be managed independently and for one's own needs in home composters.
Mixed waste is not accepted at the Central Selective Municipal Waste Collection Point.
Local Selective Municipal Waste Collection Points are sets of containers located beside multi-family residential buildings for sorting the following waste:
- paper, waste paper and composite packaging – blue containers
- plastics and metal – yellow containers
- glass packaging – green containers.
Pursuant to Resolution No. XXXIII/276/2013 of the Bolesławiec City Council dated 23 January 2013, the monthly fee charged to property owners for municipal waste management was set at:
- PLN 11 per person residing at the property if waste is collected and picked up selectively
- PLN 15 per person residing at the property if waste is not collected and picked up selectively.
- 110-litre capacity – PLN 61.00/month
- 120-litre capacity – PLN 66.00/month
- 240-litre capacity – PLN 131.00/month
- 1,100-litre capacity – PLN 605.00/month.
- 110-litre capacity – PLN 45.00/month
- 120-litre capacity – PLN 48.00/month
- 240-litre capacity – PLN 96.00/month
- 1,100-litre capacity – PLN 445.00/month.
PAPER
We put in:
- newspapers, catalogues, magazines, brochures
- notebooks, books, writing paper
- paper bags, wrapping paper
- cardboard, boxes, cardboard and corrugated cardboard
- composite packaging, i.e. cartons for milk, beverages, juices, etc.
- paper decorations and rosettes.
We do not put in:
- greasy or dirty paper
- thermal fax and printer paper
- carbon paper, cellophane, parchment
- hygienic paper, nappies, sanitary pads
- bags for cement, lime and wallpaper.
PLASTIC AND METAL
We put in:
- plastic and metal packaging
- PET plastic bottles for juices, beverages and milk
- plastic bottles for cooking oils
- cups for yoghurt, sour cream, margarine, etc.
- trays for food products
- packaging film and disposable tableware
- plastic bags and carrier bags
- plastic packaging for laundry detergents, shampoos, toothpaste, etc.
- fruit baskets
- containers for delicatessen products
- remnants of packaging tape
- plastic string and cords
- beverage and food cans
- aerosol containers
- small ferrous scrap and non-ferrous metals
- clothes dryers
- broken tools
- scraps of metal wire
- nails, screwdrivers, screws and drill bits.
We do not put in:
- packaging and bottles for oils and lubricants
- cans and containers for paints and varnishes
- packaging for adhesives and solvents
- packaging for herbicides and insecticides
- batteries
- cables.
GLASS
We put in:
- beverage bottles
- jars for jams and preserves
- glass packaging for baby food
- broken glass without lids, caps and corks
- glass dishes and vases
- glass cosmetic packaging.
We do not put in:
- heat-resistant dishes
- porcelain, faience, ceramics and crystal
- ceramic tiles and flowerpots
- mirrors, picture tubes, fluorescent tubes and light bulbs
- window, reinforced and automobile glass.
RESIDUAL WASTE – waste remaining after sorting
Put in waste that cannot go into the individual sorting containers, e.g.
- nappies, sanitary pads and hygienic paper
- greasy or dirty paper
- thermal fax and printer paper
- carbon paper, cellophane and parchment
- ash
- cables
- heat-resistant dishes
- porcelain, faience, ceramics and crystal
- in multi-family housing without a composter, biodegradable waste may be disposed of (such as peelings, spoiled fruit, vegetables and eggshells, excluding green waste, i.e. leaves and grass).
(commissioned information)