Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises Polish companies against investing in Lviv due to waste-to-energy plant scandal

The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially advised Polish companies against investing in Lviv due to an unresolved conflict between the city authorities and the Polish construction firm Control Process, according to Business Insider Polska.

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski commented on the absence of Polish companies among the signatories of agreements at the Lviv Sustainability Days event in Gdańsk.

“Maybe it’s for the best, since the Polish company that built a waste-to-energy plant in Lviv has been waiting a long time for payment,” he wrote on X.

Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski confirmed the ministry’s official position.

“At this time, we cannot recommend that any Polish company invest in the city of Lviv. That said, we are not talking about Ukraine as a whole, but about one city in Ukraine.”

The Essence of the Conflict

The Polish company Control Process built a mechanical-biological waste treatment complex in Lviv, completing about 95% of the work, but has yet to receive full payment. The company’s losses are estimated at EUR 17–18 million. Control Process has won all arbitration proceedings, including a ruling from the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, but Lviv is ignoring these decisions. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly intervened in the situation at the diplomatic level, but to no avail.

Earlier, Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the Polish opposition party “Law and Justice,” reminded Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi of the debt owed to the Polish company for the waste-processing plant built in Lviv.