the institutions involved in environmental protection in Żory

The institutions involved in environmental protection

in Żory

The Department of Waste Management

The main municipal

institution dealing with: taking unsorted

waste from households

taking sorted waste utilizing elecrtical

devices

Typical containers for sorting plastic, paper and glass.

If you recycle waste the city provides you with free sorting

bags.

Environmental Protection Department

in the Municipal Office of Żory

The department deals with : issuing permits for

municipal waste collection

permits for house projects permits for cutting down

trees on private estates etc.

Water Supply and Sewage Institution

Water purification plant

• supply of water for households

• industrial sewage disposal

• maintainance of sewage services

• laboratory analysis of water

• maintenance, repair and modernization of technical infrastructure

Environmental organizations operating in the Silesian region:

Silesian Botanical Garden in Mikołów:

Created in 2002 to protect and preserve the vanishing populations of plant species in the Silesian region. Covers the area of about 80 hectares of rare plants, trees, herbs and habitats.The institution conducts environmental education for young people.

Silesian Botany Garden

Silesian Botanical Garden is one of the earliest institutions of its kind in Poland. It

was established to conduct scientific research, conservation, for teaching and

learning purposes.

The main aim is the conservation of biodiversity, which includes:

creating a wide diversity of habitats and encouraging maximum diversity,

creating a maximum diversity of plants, protecting the capacity of the plant population for generative

reproduction.

The Silesian Botanical Garden conducts the following scientific research:

diagnosis of the reasons for the loss of biodiversity, environmental data gathering,

modelling of environmental changes, developing remedial actions.

Botany Garden in Wrocław

Nature Heritage Center of Upper Silesia

The purpose of Nature Heritage Center of Upper Silesia is to work for the good of inanimate and animate nature of Upper Silesia by the accumulation of knowledge and scientific, and educational safeguard to keep the identity of the region and the role and importance of its natural values.

The center is the only local government unit of this type in Poland.

Environmental activities in our school

The students: monitor water in the

river Ruda. analyse the use of

alternative energy sources, waste segregation and environmental activities undertaken in the environment.

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