9. 9. 2020
TEN PER CENT OF THE SLOVAK POPULATION ALREADY USES RED-AND-WHITE CONTAINERS (PRESS RELEASE)
With electronics consumption increasing annually, the volume of electronic waste is going up as well. The average Slovak produces over 7.5 kg of waste from electronic equipment per year, which means that the overall volume of electronic waste amounts to dozens of millions of kilograms every year. Some of the waste materials may be reused […]
2. 6. 2020
New E-Box in the Presidential Palace
Within its environmental measures, the Presidential Palace minimises its waste production. It thus follows one of the President's priorities – environmental protection. Water in glass bottles and jugs, double-sided printing of documents, minimisation of plastics and the use of classic towels are are only a small part of how the Office of the President […]
21. 5. 2020
The Government Programme Objectives of the Government of the Slovak Republic were approved
The Government Programme Objectives of the Government of the Slovak Republic were approved for the following four-years-period having set new goals for the sector of waste management. […]
14. 4. 2020
One year postponement of beverage container deposit
In the context of the pandemic, Parliament approved emergency measures to postpone container deposits to 2023.
The COVID-19 disease has caused many changes, which have also been reflected in the waste sector. The selection procedure for […]
8. 4. 2020
How to handle waste during COVID-19
Pursuant to the opinion of the Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic, the protective equipment used by households or employees under normal operations – masks, respirators, gloves, tissues - should be disposed of as normal waste. Therefore, no special procedure is applied here. This waste is deposited only into mixed waste. […]
5. 3. 2020
Producers´ obligations for 2019 complied with
In accordance with § 27 (4) (h) and § 28 (4) (d), paragraph 1.2 of Act No. 79/2015 Coll. on Waste, as amended. ASEKOL SK as a producer responsibility organization complied with its statutory obligation and filed a summary EEE and WEEE Treatment Report and BA and Used BA Treatment Report for all represented producers.
19. 2. 2020
New red-and-white containers for small waste EEE were installed in Zvolen
Fourteen new red-and-white containers serving for collection of small waste electrical and electronic equipment were installed in Zvolen in February. Zvolen is the 20th Slovak town where such containers were placed.
31. 1. 2020
Notification obligation complied with
ASEKOL SK s.r.o., a producer responsibility organization, complied with its notification obligation as referred to in § 28 (4) (h) and (k) of Act No. 79/2015 on Waste, and
18. 10. 2019
ASEKOL SK, partner for packaging and non-packaging products
ASEKOL SK, a producer responsibility organization, has been authorized for the ´packaging and non-packaging products´ specified stream and so, from 2020, it will offer complex extended producer responsibility to producers and it will become a comprehensive partner for separate waste collection for towns and municipalities.
9. 9. 2019
European Battery Recycling Week – over 190 tonnes of batteries were recycled in Slovakia in 2018
As an initiative of ECOBAT, a European association of producer responsibility organizations for batteries and accumulators, the second week of September is now celebrated as the European Battery Recycling Week. Its aim is to raise awareness of the need to sort and recycle used batteries. In a short period of time Slovakia has improved greatly as far as battery sorting is concerned. As many as 191 tonnes of portable used batteries were collected in 2018, while more than 600 tonnes have been collected and recycled through ASEKOL SK since 2015.