{"id":6233,"date":"2026-04-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:58:21","slug":"bdo-a-hair-salon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/bdo-a-hair-salon\/","title":{"rendered":"BDO and hairdressing salon"},"content":{"rendered":"

BDO versus hairdressing salon - when does a hairdresser not need to register and when do the obligations nonetheless arise?<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The most important information for the hair salon owner is that the mere fact of providing hairdressing services does not automatically imply an obligation to register in the BDO<\/strong>. Official BDO material indicates that small service providers, including hairdressers, are exempt from registration with BDO as generators of municipal waste. In practice, this means that if a salon generates only municipal waste and operates under a standard collection system for such waste, this fact alone does not yet create an obligation to register. This is precisely why many ordinary hairdressing salons operate legally without a BDO number - but only if they really fall into this category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When does a hairdressing salon usually not need to have a BDO?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is most often the case when hairdressing activities are limited to classic services and only waste of a composition and nature similar to municipal waste is generated on the premises. Official BDO material indicates that small service activities, including hairdressing, benefit from an exemption from registration as a generator of such waste. In practice, this means a situation where the salon does not carry out waste generating activities requiring records, does not generate medical waste and is not subject to BDO under other titles, such as product. In such a model, a standard municipal waste collection contract is usually sufficient to handle the basic waste streams from the premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When can a hairdresser, however, fall into BDO duties?
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The key is whether the salon remains exclusively with classic hairdressing services. BDO makes it clear that the beauty industry only benefits from the exemption as long as it does not generate medical waste<\/strong>, for example as a result of aesthetic medicine treatments. This means that if treatments generating medical waste occur on the premises alongside haircuts and colouring, the legal situation changes fundamentally. In addition, a company may be subject to BDO for an entirely different reason than salon waste itself, for example when it markets certain products or carries out activities covered by product obligations. This is why the answer to the question \u201edoes a hairdresser have to have BDO?\u201d should not end with the word \u201ehairdresser\u201d alone, but with an analysis of the full scope of the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to safely check the responsibilities of a hair salon?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The safest approach looks like this: first establish, exactly what waste is generated in the salon<\/strong>, and then check whether the activity goes beyond classic hairdressing services and whether the company falls into BDO for another reason. Official BDO material even provides a questionnaire to help determine whether an entity should submit a registration or update application, but the system itself stipulates that the result is informative and not a substitute for a proper analysis of the obligations. In practice, this means that a simple hairdressing salon will very often remain off the BDO register, but a salon combining hairdressing with more invasive beauty services or other product duties should check the subject much more thoroughly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frequently asked questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Does a hairdressing salon have to have a BDO?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Not always. Official BDO material indicates that hairdressing activities are, in principle, exempt from registration on the BDO register as a generator of municipal waste.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Can a hairdresser without hazardous waste operate without a BDO?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Very often, yes, if it only generates waste of a municipal nature and is not subject to BDO for any other reason.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When does a beauty salon fall into BDO?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Among other things, when it generates medical waste, for example in connection with aesthetic medicine treatments.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Is saloon municipal waste collection alone sufficient?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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In a typical hair salon, very often yes, as long as the business does not generate waste requiring records or other BDO obligations.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How do I find out if my salon should be in BDO?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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It is safest to analyse the actual scope of services and types of waste, and as a subsidiary measure, the official BDO survey can be used.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

If you want to check whether your hairdressing salon really should be listed in the BDO and whether the scope of services causes additional obligations, Ekopro Group provides assistance<\/strong>. On a day-to-day basis, we support entrepreneurs in topics related to BDO, registration, assessment of waste obligations, recording and reporting<\/strong>. Feel free to contact us<\/a><\/strong> we will help you determine whether your hairdressing salon benefits from an exemption or whether it already needs to sort out its duties in the BDO system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most important information for the hairdressing salon owner is that the mere fact of providing hairdressing services does not automatically imply an obligation to register with BDO. Official BDO materials indicate that operators of small service activities, including hairdressing, are exempt from registration in the BDO register as generators of municipal waste. In practice, this means that if a salon only generates municipal waste and operates under a standard collection system for such waste, this fact alone does not yet create an obligation to register.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-6233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baza-wiedzy","tag-bdo-a-salon-fryzjerski"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"Baza wiedzy"}],"post_tag":[{"value":69,"label":"BDO a salon fryzjerski"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-119.png",1024,1024,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Jakub Nalewa","author_link":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/author\/jakub-nalewa\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"Baza wiedzy","slug":"baza-wiedzy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":195,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":195,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Baza wiedzy","category_nicename":"baza-wiedzy","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":69,"name":"BDO a salon fryzjerski","slug":"bdo-a-salon-fryzjerski","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":69,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6236,"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions\/6236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekopro-grupa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}