Adam Kubicki

"A lot of good things were going on in 1989 that led to improvements and a reduction in the pollution and trouble caused by Celwiskoza's operations. I think if funds were obtained and invested in upgrading the plant and process equipment, the closure of Celwiskoza would not have been unavoidable. Although I used to advocate the closure of Celwiskoza when I worked there, I concluded I was not sure - it may have been like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The shut-down of viscose fibre production at ZWCH Chemitex-Celwiskoza caused the collapse of some of the plants in the vicinity of the towns of Pabianice and Łódz which had taken and processed the fibres from us, so it had a snowball or domino effect. Unfortunately, everything has its consequences, one way or the other."

"Some things were a taboo in what is fortunately a bygone era now. Everybody saw them as the standard. Celwiskoza smelled, foam flowed down the Kamienna River and into the Bóbr, sludge formed on the surface of Lake Pilchowice and fish floated belly up, yet nobody seemed to care or wanted to ask questions about it. Some were happy with what I just mentioned - there were factory flats, camps for children, and holiday centres. The period unions took care of the potato, onion and other vegetable supplies for the winter. Environmental awareness was lacking. Somebody was undoubtedly concerned because the Jizera and Giant Mountains forests were dying due to acid rain. This was beyond doubt caused by Celwiskoza as well as other industrial plants, but Celwiskoza was likely seen as the biggest polluter."