Katarzyna Michniewska

• PhD degree in economics - management science
• Professor (Assistant) at Kozminski University

Spis rozdziałów: Przedmowa (Andrzej Białowiec) 1. Nowoczesne systemy mechaniczno-biologicznego przetwarzania odpadów (Emilia den Boer) 2. Innowacyjne systemy produkcji i wykorzystania biogazu z bioodpadów zgodne z dyrektywami Unii Europejskiej (Adam Cenian, Bartosz Pietrzykowski) 3. Wykorzystanie technik bioaugmentacji w biostabilizacji odpad...

Recovery and recycling are processes based on secondary raw materials. However, secondary raw material prices are not dependent only on the classical charts and points of intersection of supply and demand for these materials. Analysis in this area needs to take into account many variables. These include an analysis of global markets in basic raw ma...

Obecne trendy wskazują na dynamiczny wzrost masy opakowań, jakie będą wykorzystywane do produkcji i wprowadzenia na rynek dóbr konsumpcyjnych w Polsce. Szacowane przyrosty są dwucyfrowe – co w związku z tym stanie się z wykładniczo przyrastającą masą odpadów? Pewnym wyjściem z sytuacji jest reaktywowany w ostatnim czasie koncept „Zero Odpadów”, któ...

The purpose of this article is to show the influence of the new sharing economy trend on the implementation of environmental objectives of the European Union. The previous relationship between new business models for closing of the supply chain loop and the introduction in Poland in 2002 of obligations related to the product fee implemented within...

Our yearly analysis of secondary raw material prices indicates a certain stabilisation. We are particularly pleased that the transfer of the power over waste to municipalities in the form of a statutory authorisation to organise tenders has not resulted in turbulence in the commodity markets and prices remain relatively stable. A year after the rev...

On 25th and 26th February 2015 the Packaging Waste & Sustainability Forum was held in Brussels, which was attended by representatives of the largest recovery organisations in Europe and worldwide.

For many reasons constant unpunished development of consumption is no longer possible. Companies looking for a balance between economic, social and environmental aspects accept a situation where the reorganisation of the business model is inevitable in order to function with respect for the environment and the community for which it “works”. All th...

The progressive degradation of the environment provokes more and more frequent reflections - both in the world of politics, science and business - on the need to reduce the negative impact of human activity on the environment in which we live. It turns out that man is the only living creature that generates waste [1]. Due to the apparent negative e...

Together with the long-awaited – in progress since 2007 – amendment of the Act on the management of packaging and packaging waste (Journal of Laws of 2013 pos. 888), entrepreneurs have faced new and quite unusual – as for manufacturers or importers - duties. Polish entrepreneurs have been assigned a task of conducting public education campaigns in...

As every year, we would like to present to you the average prices of each packaging material we have observed on the market. This time we asked industry experts to comment on the reported trend. The market seems to have stabilised and raw material prices have gone up slightly. Rising prices confirm the scarcity of a given good. According to the s E...

PRAWO Opakowania wielomateriałowe …czy stosowanie ustawy w tym kształcie jest możliwe? (cz. 1 z 2) Ustawa z dnia 13 czerwca 2013 r. o gospodarce opakowaniami i odpadami opakowaniowymi (Dz. U. z 2013 r., poz. 888), która weszła w życie w dniu 01.01.2014 r., wprowadza wiele zmian dla producentów i importerów wprowadzających na polski rynek produkty w...

Never before has market research been so precise. Do you want 100% accurate data about the geographic distribution of your product sales? Order a municipal waste morphology study for an area of your choice – so you obtain valuable information about your recipients and your promotional activties will be precise and effective.

The third article in the series has already brought up the issue of the closed-loop supply chain. Should closing services be implemented through outsourcing or should we perhaps train our employees so that they could themselves improve the effectiveness of the raw material supply chain? Does outsourcing restrict industry’ access to valuable informa...

This news has been long awaited by the economists, who created neoclassical environmental economics. It is even thought that it was crucial to ensure that the entire global economy could see a green light for action-oriented so-called sustainable development. In his book “Economics of sustainable development – theory and practice” Holger Rogalla st...

The first analysis of the market prices of secondary raw materials for the period 2009-2012 - marketing cycle, part 2/10 Believe it or not, your rubbish has its price... and it is not low... discover valuable resources hidden in your waste and negotiate its price!

What type of solutions use Canadians in waste recovery and recycling? Waste segregation is not a problem for the residents of Canada. Due to the size of the country (the second one in the world), there would be enough landfill space for several hundred years. But the trouble concerns the management of selected raw materials.

5th and 6th December 2012 two sittings of the constant subcommittee on waste management monitoring were held, chaired by the Member of Parliament – Tadeusz Arkit. During the session the draft amendments to the acts on packages and packaging waste in Poland were discussed.

In the Antipodes we studied the Australian logistics solutions, which focus on the recovery of wasted packaging. Australia is a country, where you can clearly see the combination of the development of coexistence between civilization and nature. The people of this country are characterized not only by their exceptional attention to health and fitne...

Due to implementation of reverse logistic activities one is able to get funds from The National Fund of Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM) in the categories of “Waste Management” and “Environmental Education”. Funds obtained from this institution would be destined for the construction of a new system and would help to increase...

The traditional supply chain tends to neglect the issue of production line waste . Like a kind of taboo – dirty, ugly garbage plus the awful smell – you can just bring it to the landfill and forget. Such an attitude results in a great amount of waste is remains deposited in landfills – around 85% of the overall waste generated in Poland. Secondary...

Responsible Supply Chain Management (RSCM) – alternative or obligation for enterprise – EU's new plan in resource efficiency 2020-2050 Natural resource scarcity forced the need to work on the principles of sustainable development. On the management level these principles are precised by RSCM. According to EU directions the long-term economic growth...

Japan has always took are about the natural environment – yet in the last years proper waste management and its new methods have gained particular importance. The reason is the quickly growing industrialization and the necessity to process great amounts of resources on a relatively small area. How does Japan deal with this situation? Which of the i...

Corporate Social Responsibility is more than just a lofty idea – it is a management strategy. Hence, it should be deeply thought-out and planned, its effects measurable and controllable. There is a number of tools and systems that let the managers implement sustainable policies in accordance with local or international standards. The article presen...

In the issue on corporate ecological responsibility we talk with the President Mariusz Rajca, managing in Poland the subsidiary company of the Norwegian holding TOMRA Sorting Solutions whose mission is to revolutionize the use of resources. TOMRA group focuses on creating solutions and technologies to effectively manage scarce resources of Earth an...

The dynamically changing market conditions together with the economic gloom effect in a difficult situation for contemporary enterprises. No longer is it enough to provide top quality products and advertise them. A big challenge – and even greater potential – remains hidden in the right product returns management. Thanks to innovative solutions it...

Product returns and claims are still in disrepute, especially in Poland, as they evoke unpleasant connotations with the times of communism. The usual way of dealing with the problem then was simply noting it down into a book of claims. The result were numerous conflicts between customers and dealers. Up to this day, product returns and claims are p...

W rozważaniach nad powiązaniami między eko-nomią i ekologią, spotkać się można ze stwierdzeniem, że " ekonomiści patrzą na środowisko naturalne jako na dział gospodarki, ekologowie uważają gospodarkę za część środowiska ". 1 Nie ulega wątpliwości, że te dwa obszary są bardzo złożone i istotne dla funkcjonowania człowie-ka. Niewątpliwie też logistyk...

Ekologistyka zajmuje się przede wszystkim niwelowaniem negatywnego wpływu działania przedsiębiorstw na środowisko naturalne. Mogą to być działania związane z projektowaniem opakowań w sposób zapewniający minimalizację surowców niezbędnych do ich wytworzenia, ponownym wykorzystywaniem opakowań, redukcją zużycia energii i zanieczyszczeń, związanych z...

W dniach 26-28 września 2011 roku w Singapurze, odbyła się konferencja pt. „Reverse Logistics” (pol. logistyka odzysku). Kraj odległy, ale poruszana problematyka wyjątkowo bliska większości przedsiębiorców.

Gospodarka odpadami, dumnie brzmiące z angielskiego waste managment, to pierwotnie nic innego jak wywóz odpadów. Dopiero zmiany polityczne na gruncie potrzeb ochrony środowiska naturalnego pozwoliły na stworzenie bardziej wyszukiwanych mechanizmów.

Zasada zrównoważonego rozwoju towarzyszy działaniom biznesowym od 1992 roku, kiedy to na Szczycie Ziemi została uznana jako wytyczna dla dal-szego rozwoju przemysłu. Zasada zrównoważonego rozwoju to takie eksploatowanie środowiska natural-nego, by pozostawić je w nienaruszonym stanie dla przyszłych pokoleń.

W teorii zarządzania, począwszy od linii produkcyjnych Henry’ego Forda, poprzez podejście systemowe i piątą dyscyplinę Peter’a Senga, doszliśmy do zarządzania środowiskowego. A więc takiego podejścia w kierowaniu biznesem, które respektuje i uwzględnia potrzeby związane z koniecznością ochrony środowiska naturalnego.

Logistyka odzysku popularna jest w różnych częściach świata, m.in. w Stanach Zjednoczonych, gdzie w lutym 2010 roku zebrało się ponad 900 przedstawicieli fi rm, by porozmawiać o procesach odwrotnych do tradycyjnego kierunku świadczenia usług konsumentowi.

Promowanie działań związanych z odzyskiem i recyklin-giem uchroni nas od wysokich kar, które niebawem przyjdzie nam płacić za niedotrzymanie wytycznych dyrektywy UE – wciąż deponujemy na składowiskach dużo odpadów, z czego ponad 80% to odpady komunalne. Temat ten jest szczególnie istotny w dobie kryzysu go-spodarczego ogarniającego cały świat – być...