Late last year, the European Commission presented a proposal for a new packaging regulation with the aim of halting the growth of packaging waste amount. The fundamental change is that this law will take the form of a regulation with direct legal binding force in all Member States. The new regulation should lead to harmonisation […]
In 2020, the European Union put forward a proposal to modernise EU battery regulations to cover the entire life cycle of products, from design to consumption up to recycling and reuse of new products. Until now, batteries have been regulated at European level by the 2006 Batteries Directive, which is, however, no longer up-to-date and […]
CANON SLOVAKIA and the non-profit organisation RECYKLOHRY (Recycling Games), an educational programme of ASEKOL SK, handed over 10 multifunction printers to ten Slovak schools at the beginning of 2023. This is the third year of the charity cooperation. This year, the company Canon Slovakia donated to the schools powerful Canon image RUNNER ADVANCE C5235i devices. […]
To date, the announced amendment to the Decree No. 371/2015 Coll., implementing certain provisions of the Waste Act, has not been adopted. The announced changes in the keeping of records of packaging and non-packaging products placed on the market in connection with eco-modulation were to take place from 1 January 2023. In particular, the draft […]
In 2022, we received the “A” Company Credibility Award by Dun & Bradstreet, which based this certification on a unique evaluation model. ASEKOL SK s.r.o. also passed this inspection and we are glad to be among the trustworthy companies in Slovakia. Our goal at ASEKOL SK is to be a trustworthy company for our partners […]
The European Parliament is preparing new rules on batteries regarding environmental burden, ethical and social issues, since they are becoming strategic products. The new rules are intended to cover the entire product life cycle, from design and consumption to recycling and use of new products. On 9 December, the Parliament and the Council reached a […]
The following information is only a proposal of the European Commission, so the entire proposal must still pass the legislative process. The European Commission has proposed new EU-wide rules on packaging. The aim of these rules is mainly to solve the problem of growing waste. Packaging is one of the main areas where originating materials […]
Following the announced changes in the record-keeping of packaging and non-packaging products placed on the market in connection with eco-modulation, which will take place from 1 January 2023, please allow us to inform you about the current situation. The Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic has submitted an amendment to Decree No. 371/2015 Coll., […]
For more than two months now, in the streets of Bratislava’s Old Town district, there have been so-called hoops on the rubbish bins for depositing backed-up beverage packages, which a visitor to the Old Town would otherwise throw in the bin without returning such a package, i.e. a bottle or beverage can, to the back-up […]
Ecomodulation is the obligation to adjust the financial means paid by the manufacturer of a reserved product to take account in particular of their durability, reparability, reusability, recyclability and the presence of hazardous substances, i.e. to be ecomodulated. This obligation is based on Article 8a(4)(b) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the […]