Packaging Waste In Poland - Current Status And Perspective

The article presents the results of research, whose aim was to answer the question of how changing consumer trends affect the implementation of the requirements of the Waste Act and the Act on packaging and packaging waste. The new EU directive enacted in July 2014 tightens the requirements towards waste management in the EU, and this is especially evident in the increased levels of recovery and recycling of packaging waste. Surveys performed among students showed a high correlation between ignorance in the recovery and recycling of packaging waste and increasing level of efficiency in waste management. Surveys conducted among students and analysis of literature data show the relationship between environmental awareness of respondents and the level of effectiveness in the management of packaging waste.