Funding Sources for Waste Management in Poland in Amended Legislation
Funding Sources for Waste Management in Poland in Amended Legislation

Summary/Abstract: Poland has long been faced with the problem of municipal waste. Because the waste management system in place did not perform as expected, failing to contribute to the construction of waste-handling facilities, to reduce landfill waste volumes and improve the rates of recovered waste materials, in 2011 the Polish Parliament amended the act on maintaining cleanliness and order in municipalities drawing on the experiences of other European countries. The amendment reformed the municipal waste management system and imposed the responsibility for collecting and managing local waste and for financing relevant projects on municipalities. This article is a review of options for funding waste management in Polish municipalities, including dedicated programmes and the possibilities of financial engineering. The present financial perspective has provided local governments with access to various sources of environmental funding. These are mostly EU-funded grants and loans offered through the National and Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Bank Ochrony Środowiska and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. An interesting option is public-private partnerships promoted by the European Commission and Polish government, which can be combined with EU structural funds into so-called hybrid solutions.

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