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Aktualności Ochrony Środowiska (Environmental Protection News) 2020/06 (174)

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  • Subject of the issue: Anti-crisis shield - what changes will it introduce
    On May 4, the President of the Act of April 30, 2020 amending certain acts regarding protection measures in connection with the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was transmitted to the president. The main purpose of the package of laws called the anti-crisis shield is to prevent the negative effects of economic changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Act introduces, among others shifting reporting dates on environmental protection. What else has changed?
  • How to store combustible waste
    On March 4, the ordinance of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration of February 19, 2020 on requirements for fire protection to be met by construction facilities or parts thereof and other places intended for the collection, storage or processing of waste came into force.
  • Waste during quarantine - important guidelines of the ministry
    In connection with the ongoing epidemic, many doubts have arisen regarding waste management. In order to standardize the practice in this area, the Minister of Climate and the Chief Sanitary Inspector issued a document entitled: Guidelines on the management of waste generated during the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection and the incidence of COVID-19 disease caused by it (during pandemic / epidemic duration).
  • Obligations of the entrepreneur in July 2020
  • Problematic transfer of sewage sludge
    The entry into force of the provisions on electronic record keeping (BDO) has made it difficult to transfer sludge to farmers with less than 75 ha of land. Details below.
    Room disinfection instructions
    Question: We run so-called pre-storage of medical waste. Must there be instructions for disinfecting the room? If so, what should it contain?
  • End-of-life vehicle record card - when to use it
    Question: I keep a record card of end-of-life vehicles, complete passenger cars with the code 16 01 04 and incomplete 16 01 06, there are, whereas the waste record card complete trucks 16 01 04 and incomplete 16 01 06. Going further, I disassemble vehicles and I assign individual parts under waste codes: ferrous metals, non-ferrous tires, etc., break them down according to the disassembly scheme and end up in the waste record sheets 160117, 160118, 160103 etc. What about trucks that are dismantled? According to BDO, when adopted as a whole, they go to the waste register, not the vehicle record. How should I define them in relation to BDO and keeping records?

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Aktualności Ochrony Środowiska - wydanie specjalne (Environmental Protection News) 2020/06 (80)

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  • Subject of the issue: Everything you should know about packaging management in your company
    The Act of 13 June 2013 on the management of packaging and packaging waste (hereinafter: the Packaging Act) defines packaging as a product, including a non-returnable product made of any material, intended for storage, protection, transport, delivery or presentation of products, from raw materials for processed goods. Does the introduction, export or import of products in packaging or packaging impose any obligations on you? What are the penalties for non-compliance with the abovementioned activities? law?
  • What is packaging and what is not - examples
    Below you will find a list of products that are packaging and not packaging.
    Marketing of the packaging / packaging product
    Packaging introducer is understood as an entrepreneur who manufactures and imports packaging and makes intra-Community acquisition or intra-Community delivery of packaging.
  • Packaging marking - how to do it according to the law
    Entrepreneurs introducing products in packaging, producing packaging, importing packaging and purchasing intra-Community purchases of packaging may place special markings on packaging that indicate the type of materials from which they were made (e.g. plastic, glass, wood or paper and cardboard).
  • Obligations of entrepreneurs in the field of packaging and packaging waste management
    In the article you will find four basic responsibilities. Find out if they also apply to you.
  • Self-fulfillment of duties
    Entities may perform their statutory obligations themselves, if they subject to recovery, including recycling, only packaging waste generated by them (statutory levels of recovery/recycling are set out in Annex 1 to the Packaging Act) or in the case of recovery/recycling of waste collected from other waste holders (in the amount of 100% of the mass of packaging placed on the market).
  • Implementation of obligations through a recovery organization
    What requirements should you have for your recovery organization? What are the duties? Details below.
  • DPO and DPR documents - are they different?
    The document confirming the recovery of packaging waste is the DPO document. Confirmation of packaging waste recycling is done by issuing a DPR. Both documents specify the mass of waste and how it is processed.
  • EDPR and EDPO documents
    EDPR / EDPO documents are documents confirming, respectively, the export of packaging waste or intra-Community delivery of packaging waste in order to be recycled or their recovery process other than recycling, including the weight of this waste.
  • Product fee - how to calculate it
    The product fee was introduced on January 1, 2014. It is a kind of ecological fee calculated and paid when launching packaging products and packages under the own trademark on the Polish market. The product fee is charged if the required levels of recovery and recycling are not reached.
  • Recycling fee - what it is
    The recycling fee applies to plastic shopping bags, which are defined as shopping bags with or without handles, made of plastic, which are offered in retail or wholesale units.
    PKE, i.e. public educational campaigns

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Monitor Prawa Pracy (Labor Law Monitor) 2020/06

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  • News
    • Agreement between the parties and the remuneration of the employee exempt from the obligation to perform work
    • Changes in the law
    • Basics and rules of remuneration for an employee who does not provide work
    • Modernizing labor law in the world's most populous democracy
  • Articles
    • A few comments on employment during the pandemic era and after
    • Anti-crisis solutions regarding working time in pandemic legislation
    • Consequence of the transfer of an establishment to another employer within the scope of the competing clause
    • Job liquidation as a reason for terminating an employment contract
    • Protection of benefits from additional pension programs in the event of the insolvency of the employer

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Aura - Ochrona Środowiska (AURA Environmental Protection) 2020/06

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  • Young people are fighting for a better climate
    In recent months, each of us feels the effects of the CO-VID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to varying degrees. The virus spread all over the world has caused, among others social and economic losses. Focused on the fight against the crown-virus, we should not, however, forget about other problems the world is facing, such as the progressing climate crisis. It is worth noting the actions of young people representing the Youth Climate Strike (MSK) - an international movement of pupils and students who have been protesting against the passivity of politicians against global warming for two years ...
  • Is this just a drought problem?
    The April issue of Aura published an article by Mr. Cezary J. Tajer "How (not) to counteract the effects of drought?" One should be glad that the group of people who think critically about what is happening with water in Poland is growing. More and more young people feel the need for changes in water management. It is worse to know how to do it. Because I have dealt with water management issues for many years, I have some thoughts [1, 2, 3, 4] and I will try to use them in this article. How it is? Almost everyone knows that the Framework Directive 2000/60 / EU has been operating since 2000. That we would have "good ecological status of waters" by 2015. That the condition of the waters instead of improving - worsens - even less. There is a reason. By decision of the Council of Ministers of December 2018, the department of government administration "Water management" was assigned to the Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation. A situation arose in which a trace branch of transport has since determined the living conditions of a nation of almost 40 million. To illustrate the harmfulness of this decision, I will use history1. In the 1930s, the Waterways Bureau of the Ministry of Communication was the leading leader in water management. People employed in it had a sense of mission. Remembering how Poland enriched the trade in goods transported by the Vistula, they thought that it was possible to catch up arrears resulting from the partitions and by developing freight shipping the foundation of the country's prosperity would be built. The plans developed in this office predicted that after full expansion, in 1970 waterways would transport 19,100,000. Tonnes of goods, which was to constitute 25% of rail transport. It turned out completely wrong. According to the Central Statistical Office, transport in 1970 amounted to: water - 8.8 million tons, rail - 370 million tons, cars - 862 million tons, pipelines - 15.4 million tons. Water transport as well as horse transport have been completely marginalized.
  • Determinants of private forestry in Poland - today and tomorrow
    The Forest Research Institute (IBL) in Sękocin Old near Warsaw has been implementing a project entitled Private forests - opportunities, problems, solutions since 2019. He received the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment and co-financing of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. The aim of the project is to promote the need for organizational, legal and financial changes related to forest management on private land. The article describes the current state of private forests in Poland, with particular emphasis on afforestation and association of forest owners
  • Emission of pollutants from a coal-fired power installation
    The article presents the analysis of pollutants emitted into the air from a hard coal-fired power installation, on the example of the Tychy CHP Plant, currently Manufacturing Plant Tychy. The data contained in the annual environmental reports containing the quantities of pollutants emitted were developed and illustrated. Emitted pollutants were compared with emissions from previous years. The percentage share of emitted pollutants of Tychy CHP Plant in the nationwide emission was calculated. It was found that EC Tychy is not a significant emitter.

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Medycyna Pracy (Occupational Medicine) 2020/03

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  • Occupational exposure to Staphylococcus aureus in the wastewater treatment plants environment
    The aim of the study was to assess the occupational exposure to Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, including methicillin- resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and other antibiotic-resistant strains in the municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) environment. In general, WWTPs workers are occupationally exposed to S. aureus, including MRSA, and other antibiotic- and multi-antibiotic-resistant strains. The highest risk of infection concerns the activities carried out in direct contact with wastewater or devices through which wastewater flows, particularly at the stage of mechanical treatment. A significant source of S. aureus seems to be intensive livestock farming located in the area of the WWTPs under analysis. The study confirms the necessity to disinfect the wastewater discharging into WWTP.
  • Oral cavity status of long-term hemodialized patients vs. their socio-economic status
    The chronic kidney disease, blood hypertension and diabetes are recognized as civilization diseases that affect more and more people. The probability of encountering a patient suffering from these diseases is increasing. As such, it appears crucial to better understand the specific dental needs of such groups of patients. The aim of the work was to assess the oral hygiene status and the needs of patients suffering from the end-stage chronic kidney disease, arterial hypertension or/and diabetes. The socio-economic status of hemodialized patients was low, which in most cases was a result of the difficulties in starting a job. Due to the lower standards of life, the neglect of oral hygiene maintenance and its consequences could be observed.
  • Health promotion in workplaces counteracting the effects of aging personnel. How is it different from other companies and what obstacles are there?
    The purpose of the article is to answer the question whether companies that implement staff health promotion to counteract the effects of their aging are different from workplaces that do not follow this motive in their health-promoting activities. The differences analyzed relate to the frequency of implementation and evaluation of separate health-related projects, conducting assessments of the health needs and expectations of staff, managers' interest in the topic of aging population and developing motivation to promote health. In addition, obstacles encountered by employers in the promotion of staff health in the context of the aging problem were analyzed. The conclusions indicate the postulated directions of support for companies to reduce the adverse effects of demographic change by promoting health.
  • Assessment of the role of the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) in the professional activation of people with health problems, implemented by issuing decisions on the desirability of retraining
    The introduction of the training pension into the social insurance system was aimed at bringing back to the labor market persons who due to illness became unable to practice their current profession. These persons - after specialist training - can obtain new qualifications allowing for professional activity on the general labor market. The aim of the study was to assess the role of the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) in the professional activation of people with health problems, implemented by issuing decisions on the desirability of retraining. The analysis included 460 files of cases in which a ruling was issued in 2009 on the desirability of retraining because of the inability to work in the profession. The effectiveness of the training pension as a tool for professional activation of people with health problems, expressed in the number of retrained people who returned to the labor market, is low. Over 80% of people do not change their profession, some of them again submit an application for a disability pension. The large number of incorrect judgments and the lack of cooperation between institutions implementing vocational retraining, i.e. ZUS, and labor offices, is the reason for the low effectiveness of the training pension. In order to increase it, it is necessary to carry out organizational and legislative changes, with particular emphasis on expanding the knowledge of ZUS adjudicating doctors and occupational medicine doctors, as well as improving cooperation between all institutions involved in the professional activation of people with health problems.

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W Akcji (In Action) 2020/02

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  • Subject of the issue
    • Contemporary challenges in road technical rescue (7)
      The number of road accidents in land traffic is constantly increasing, and the time and technological progress are modifying the challenges faced by rescuers. Not only basic rescue operations are required of them, but also the implementation of modern technical solutions.
  • In action
    • Cars for heavy technical rescue (18)
      Seven heavy rescue cranes were delivered to selected rescue and fire-fighting units PSP, which were delivered by the Bielsko company Szczesniak Specialist Vehicles. A similar car in 2015 hit, among others to the Rescue and Fire Fighting Unit No. 2 of the Municipal Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Krakow.
    • Fire station in the face of epidemic status (24)
      An epidemic condition has been declared in the territory of the Republic of Poland. Many restrictions have been introduced for residents, but above all it is increased working time for services. The most important link is health care, but the fire brigade also performs many important tasks in connection with SARS-CoV-2 virus infection as a rescue formation.
    • You are a chain link - hypothermia (32)
      As with any chain, its strength is determined by the weakest link. However, for the algorithms of emergency services, the game is at the highest rate. Do we have the option to participate in this game?
    • Personal protective equipment from a medical rescue perspective (42)
      Hazardous materials will be one of the greatest threats to humanity in the 21st century. By changing the working environment of medical services, they force the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
    • Zonal gas detection in rescue operations (52)
      Zone detectors are a state-of-the-art form of devices that obtain measurement data needed for firemen, which allow information to be sent directly to those supervising the action.
    • Fire protection training (56)
      Promotion of knowledge in the field of safe behavior was included by the Minister of National Education in the curriculum for preschool education. Practical learning in the field of fire safety with the use of play techniques allows children to learn how to deal with, for example, a fire.

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Informator Ochrony Pracy (Labor protection guide) 2020/01

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  • Demographics of 2019 (2)
  • Meetings of the Katowice Branch of the SOP (3)
  • New regulations (4)
  • Changes in labor law in 2015-2019 (6)
  • Resolution of the Council of Ministers (10)
  • More about disability (11)
  • Nurses work (13)
  • Obligation to apply safeguard measures (15)
  • Role of older employees (16)
  • Compensation benefits in connection with the service (18)

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Służby Utrzymania Ruchu (SUR) (Maintenance Service) 2020/02

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  •  Diagnostics
    • Operating diagnostics of electric drives (6)
      An electric motor is a machine that converts electricity to mechanical energy. In the context of the power supply, the motors can be based on direct voltage. In this case, electric excitation motors, permanent magnet direct current motors, as well as shunt and serial electric motors are used.
  • Report - Industry 4.0
    • Industry 4.0 - revolution or evolution? (12)
      When reading about Industry 4.0, you can sometimes get the impression that you are talking about the future. Communicating devices, artificial intelligence, algorithms that learn and make sovereign decisions about how to control production. It all sounds like a song of the future, while elements of these issues surround us today.
  • Concepts
    • Predictive maintenance - what next? (18)
      Maintenance of machinery and equipment in operation is one of the most important areas in the production, processing and mining industry. The maintenance department ensures specific work stabilization. All of his activities strive to improve the OEE indicator - the overall equipment efficiency.
    • Digitization of maintenance - #freeyourhands idea in practice (24)
      Modern industry is losing qualified engineers operating production machines and product service processes. Why is this such a significant problem, since when we imagine the idea of the industry of the future - Industry 4.0 - we often think of factories in which robots took the place of engineers and technicians long ago?
  • Prevention
    • Analysis of working conditions in the first three quarters of 2019 (27)
    • Machinery Directive 2006/42 / EC - practical guide (30)
      Working devices are a source of numerous hazards, sometimes neglected or underestimated, and sometimes even created as a result of wrongdoing. Safety requirements for machines have been regulated by the Machinery Directive 2006/42 / EC, which was introduced into Polish law by the Regulation of the Minister of Economy of October 21, 2008 on the essential requirements for machines.

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Bezpieczny Magazyn (Secure Warehouse) 2020/01

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  • In the shadow of the coronavirus (2)
  • NexSys batteries for every work in intralogistic solutions (4)
    For users looking for exceptional cyclic performance, frequent recharging and longer life, we offer the NexsSys PURE battery. It is a battery with an admixture of carbon in the active material and has such interesting properties that it is an attractive alternative to lithium-ion batteries in many applications.

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