The government supports the cleaning of the country from hazardous waste, which is why it is announcing a national asbestos abatement tender for the second time, which can be applied for starting on July 14, announced Anikó Raisz, State Secretary for the Environment and Circular Economy, according to the Ministry of Energy's announcement on Friday.
The state secretary reminded that the government first announced the nationwide asbestos abatement tender last year, as part of the popular appeal
so far, asbestos-containing building material waste has been delivered for disposal from nearly 1,500 residential customers.
As he said, as in the past, this is a one-time, non-monetary grant that can be won through the tender
applies to the collection, transport and disposal of asbestos waste of a maximum of 300 m2 per property.
He noted that only asbestos-containing waste with identification code 17 06 05 according to the waste list can be handed in, which
it typically occurs on roofs, fences, facades, partitions, old gas stoves, and drinking water or waste water pipes and connecting lines inside the building may have been made from it.
It was announced: the government, in accordance with the Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan, is taking measures that contribute to the reduction of waste generation, the prevention of illegal waste dumping and the creation of value from waste. Let's clean up the country! project was created to eliminate illegal landfills. Within the framework of the program, hundreds of thousands of tons of illegally abandoned waste have been cleaned from public areas, forests, rivers, and areas near railway and road facilities. The identification and removal of garbage dumps is also supported by the Hulladékradar application, which has already been downloaded by more than 28,000 users, they wrote.
The application for asbestos abatement can only be submitted electronically until midnight on August 4, 2023.
More details about the call can be found on the NHKV website.
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