OZV ENVI - PAK
ENVI - PAK is a producer responsibility organisation. It was founded in 2003 as an authorised organisation by leading producers of packaged products. Since then, it has been providing separate waste collection, recovery, and recycling. We are therefore the longest operating authorised organisation in Slovakia.
We became a producer responsibility organisation (PRO) on 1 July 2016 after the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic granted us authorisation for packaging and non-packaging products on 20 April 2016.
We help producers comply with their obligations under the Waste Act and arrange and finance separate waste collection in cities and municipalities on their behalf. We educate about waste sorting and protecting the environment.
PRO EUROPE
We are part of PRO Europe, a pan-European association of producer responsibility organisations, through which we acquire and implement international know-how in Slovakia. Organisations associated in PRO Europe have already been verified and are well established and functioning in developed European countries with a long tradition of operating waste collection, recovery and recycling systems for many years. That is why they are a source of best practice recommendations, which we can use in Slovakia, as they have already been tried and tested and work well in developed European countries with a long tradition.
EXPRA
In 2013, we founded EXPRA, a Brussels-based international non-profit alliance of major industry-owned, non-profit packaging waste recovery and recycling systems. Extended producer responsibility has become a proven concept in many countries, and producers in more than 30 countries worldwide use extended producer responsibility as a proven tool to ensure the collection and recovery/recycling of packaging waste.
TRANSPARENT SYSTEM
We are a transparent and open company for all entities involved in the waste material flow – from persons placing packaging and non-packaging products on the market, through municipalities responsible for the introduction of separate waste collection on their territory, waste collection companies providing collection and final sorting of waste, to waste processors, who produce their products from sorted secondary raw materials. Our priority is to continuously improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the separate waste collection, recovery, and recycling system.
EDUCATION
Since our establishment, we have been carrying out educational and awareness-raising activities related to separate waste collection and recovery for the population of Slovakia. We train and educate – we organise regular free training for our partners, we teach children and adults to protect nature, prevent waste and sort it properly.
Our Services
WE PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF COLLECTION, RECOVERY AND RECYCLING OF PACKAGING AND NON-PACKAGING PRODUCTS.
WE FINANCE SORTED COLLECTION SYSTEMS IN TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES IN SLOVAKIA ACCORDING TO THE ACT ON WASTE.
WE ORGANIZE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AIMED AT PROMOTING THE SEPARATED WASTE COLLECTION.
PROJECT RESPONSIBLE SOCIETY, SUPPORTING RESPONSIBLE APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
GREEN DOT
GREEN DOT is a registered trademark. Packaging marked with the GREEN DOT trademark belongs to separate waste collection.
The GREEN DOT scheme is the most widespread method of use of secondary raw materials from municipal waste in Europe.
We will help you to comply with your obligations in a comfortable, transparent and efficient manner.
If you wish to become ENVI - PAK client or partner organization, please contact us by e-mail at envipak@envipak.sk or call +421 2 333 22 710.
ENVI - PAK Management
The management of the producer responsibility organisation ENVI - PAK is shared equally and exclusively by the packaging producers:
Guarantees
COMPLIANCE GUARANTEE
- Our activities have been repeatedly and successfully inspected by the Environmental Inspectorate of the Slovak Republic, which verified the performance of specialised activities in accordance with the applicable legislation.
- We guarantee you enough sorted material to comply with the waste collection share and the recovery and recycling limits by working with municipalities, cities and other entities involved in the waste material flow.
STABILITY GUARANTEE
- Our management is shared exclusively by companies with international experience also in the field of compliance with EU Directive 94/62/EC (Coca Cola, Unilever, Nestlé, Mondeléz, Mattoni 1873, Tetra Pak, Henkel, Procter & Gamble), thus guaranteeing stability, certainty, and credibility.
- We are the only PRO with international know-how affiliated with the international organisations PRO Europe and EXPRA, which guarantees compliance with our partners’ statutory obligations.
QUALITY GUARANTEE
- The quality of our internal processes has been certified by an integrated quality management system according to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013, which brings functionality and efficiency, environmental orientation, and data security to our clients.
- Our team is composed of qualified professionals with many years of experience in the field, who have also gained international experience in cooperation with EXPRA. Regional representatives know the pitfalls of implementing the Waste Act in the regions and can tailor separate waste collection to municipalities and cities.
Company values
Our key values are professionalism, accountability, transparency, continuity, experience, and reliability.
VISION
- ENVI - PAK is a respected company in the field of waste management services with a leading and stable position on the Slovak market. It is a professional partner, offering quality and reliability.
- It directly supports and develops the separate waste collection system throughout Slovakia and ensures subsequent recovery/recycling of waste. It is guided by the principle of a transparent and ethical approach to all partners.
MISSION
- ENVI - PAK promotes a cleaner Slovakia by separate waste collection. ENVI - PAK ensures the separate collection of waste and its recovery and recycling at least within the scope of the Slovak recovery and recycling targets, thus bringing a cleaner Slovakia to all of us in cooperation with municipalities and industry.
- ENVI - PAK implements the extended producer responsibility approach in Slovakia in the sense of producer responsibility from the development to the post-consumer phase of the product life cycle.
- ENVI - PAK considers raising environmental awareness of consumers and industrial entities and promoting separate collection of municipal waste as a key factor of its activities.
History
ENVI - PAK was established on 16 May 2003. It was founded by leading producers of packaged products.
The Ministry of the Environment registered the company in the Register of Authorised Organisations under registration number OO_0000001 on 1 August 2004, and from that moment on it has been providing separate waste collection, recovery, and recycling as an authorised organisation. Together with the producers, ENVI - PAK has applied the "polluter pays" principle, which was translated into the extended producer responsibility as we know it today.
We became a producer responsibility organisation (PRO) on 1 July 2016 after the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic granted us authorisation for packaging and non-packaging products on 20 April 2016. We are thus a producer responsibility organisation with the longest history of operation in Slovakia.
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Code of Business Conduct
Transparency of business, quality of services, responsibility towards customers and employees are attributes that guide every modern company that wishes to be respected in the market.
By adopting the Code of Business Conduct, ENVI - PAK has supported its stable position on the Slovak market and its reputation as a company that conducts business with integrity and with respect for the interests of all those who may be affected by its activities.
In the Code, we have set the highest standards of conduct, which have been adopted by all employees of the company. Our most important values include professionalism, accountability, transparency, continuity, experience, and reliability. Equally important is ENVI - PAK's care for the company's customers, business partners, employees, and shareholders. By adhering to the Code of Business Conduct, we want to achieve higher business goals and contribute to improving the quality of the environment in Slovakia.