Medical and veterinary waste management in the Act on Waste

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present regulations concerning the management of medical and veterinary waste in the Act on Waste. These types of waste because of their place of origin and properties (e.g. 'dangerous' or 'infectious') may pose a significant peril both to people and the environment. For this reason, all activities associated with such waste are often subject to a separate and more rigorous regimes of proceedings, in relation to general rules. This paper contains a comprehensive analysis of major sources of law relating to medical and veterinary waste management and also characterises individual subgroups of described waste. Furthermore, the article presents the most important and most common methods of disposal of such waste allowed by law.