The proponents of POH 21 – 25 / MŽP / decided to reheat instead of recycle. For many months we tried as the Union of Mixed Plastic Waste Processors, which represents recyclers in Slovakia, mainly material recyclers, to get the proposal POH 21 – 25 / own material/. All our efforts were in vain and, as has been the custom for the past 15 years, this strategic document was also prepared quietly, in the sense of the old well-known saying "when the wind does not blow, the leaves will not move". We would also believe the opposite, that we are wrong, but the subsequent disclosure of the submitted...

The pilot facilities in Lieskovec near Zvolen and Lučenec have shown that chemical recycling is a functional solution, writes the director of the Union of Mixed Plastic Waste Processors Vladimír Daniška. At the beginning of April 2021, the newspaper Odpady-portal.sk published the reaction of Monika Medovičová from the association Priatelia Zeme SPZ to my March article also published on Odpady-portal.sk. The statements that I made in my article as the director of the Union of Mixed Plastic Waste Processors were called false by the author despite the fact that I allowed myself to base myself...

Chemical recycling has an irreplaceable place in the circular economy Chemical recycling has an irreplaceable place in the circular economy If Slovakia is to achieve the set recycling targets, recycling requires co-financing, writes Vladimír Daniška, director of the Union of Mixed Plastic Waste Processors. It is clear to everyone, even with a minimal perspective on the issue of plastic waste treatment, that chemical recycling will not solve the problem of plastic waste. On the other hand, based on the current state of science and technology and the opinions of real experts - and not...