If you are a foreigner who is going to stay in the territory of Poland for longer period of time, you should consider obtaining PESEL number. You can also register your residence, then you will obtain PESEL number automatically

More information on PESEL can be found here

It is advised to create a Polish bank account. You should contact with the bank in order to ask for an English speaking consultant.
It is also advised to call a chosen bank’s help line in order to seek information about the documents required for opening a bank account.

List of banks operating in Poland is available here 

If you require consular help from representatives of the administration of your country, you can visit this page.

You can find there a complete list of all Poland’s missions abroad.

How to segregate waste?

Place your waste only in appropriately labelled containers.

There are 5 types of containers:

BLUE stands for PAPER in which you should place clean paper and cardboard packaging, newspapers, magazines and leaflets, cardboard, notebooks, office paper. You shouldn’t place there greasy paper packaging, used paper towels and tissues.

YELLOW stands for METAL and PLASTIC in which you should place empty squashed plastic bottles, bottle caps and jar lids, plastic packaging, bags, foil bags, juice and milk cartons, crushed beverage and food cans. You shouldn’t place there used batteries and accumulators, electrical and electronic equipment, paint cans and containers, motor oil bottles, aerosol containers, engine oil packaging, greasy polystyrene food packaging.

GREEN stands for GLASS in which you should place: glass packaging only, including empty bottles, jars, cosmetics packaging, empty medication packaging. You shouldn’t place there: glass tableware, ceramics, porcelain, heat-proof glass products, window glazing, mirrors, glazing, light bulbs, fluorescent lamps

BROWN stands for BIO in which you should place: vegetable and fruit refuse, egg shells, coffee grounds and tea dregs, withered flowers and plants, food leftover excluding meat, bones and animal fat. You shouldn’t place there: meat refuse, bones and animal fats, cooking oil, soil and stones, animal faeces

BLACK stands for MIXED WASTE in which you should place: meat and bone residues, wet or dirty paper, used hygienic materials, including disposable nappies, gravel from litter trays for animals, pottery, broken glass and mirrors, textiles). You shouldn’t place there: electrical and electronic equipment, home appliances, batteries and accumulators, construction and demolition waste, biodegradable waste, and chemicals

Use the mixed waste container only for the waste which could not be placed in segregated waste containers!