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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