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The basic material used in paper production is wood. However, paper industry, in accordance with sustainable development ever more often opts for solutions facilitating substitution of wood with other valuable raw material, namely waste paper and cardboard. This material is used for the production of packaging paper, newsprint, as well as sanitary and household paper. Significant growth of the production of packaging paper with a 100% share of wastepaper in the recent years caused an increase in the demand for that material. Abundant, yet not fully used source of waste paper and cardboard is offered by municipal waste included in the system of selective collection. This article presents an evaluation of the impact of legal regulations in Poland on functioning of this system and as a consequence on the availability of waste paper as the source of raw material for paper industry.