Recycling of Communal Waste: Current State and Future Potential for Sustainable Development in the EU

Taušová, Marcela; Mihalíková, Eva; Čulková, Katarína; Stehlíková, Beáta; Tauš, Peter; Kudelas, Dušan; Štrba, Ľubomír

doi:10.3390/su11102904

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“…Many countries, including Slovakia, face the issue of municipal waste volume growth [59]. Results of the analysis indicate that applying for all analyzed SRGs of Slovakia is a growing trend in the production of municipal waste, mainly in the last years ( Figure 1).…”

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Analysis of Municipal Waste Development and Management in Self-Governing Regions of Slovakia

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In the European Union, basic strategy results from the need to provide intelligent, sustainable, and inclusive growth, along with respect to social and economic impacts of waste treatment. The paper focuses on municipal waste and its separation. Generally, within global waste management initiatives, the main goal is to minimize the negative effects of waste on the environment, as well as to increase and optimize the sources’ efficiency in the waste economy. Research on municipal waste development and its separation was done in individual regions of Slovakia to find if socially weaker regions have worse waste treatment. The results were compared according to the waste development per inhabitant and per household, as well as through rate indexes, which are connected to relationships between waste, social, and economic indexes. The results confirmed research results from other countries that show that the volume of municipal waste is increasing due to increased living standards of inhabitants. However, on the other hand, waste separation rates also increased—mainly based on the legislative support.

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“…The single research is connected to the results from the municipal waste analysis [59] and focuses on the issue of municipal waste and its treatment in the area of Slovakia.…”

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“…Over the last several years, some countries (Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania) had significantly lower recycling rates accompanied by low landfill taxes. The evaluation of waste production and recycling can be used for government policy in the area of waste management, as well as for individual communities dealing with communal waste [29].…”

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Risk and Opportunity of Using Plastics from Waste Collected in a Yellow Bag

Połomka¹,

Jędrczak

Myszograj

2020

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The article presents the results of research aimed at analysing the share of fractions suitable for recycling and pollutants in waste collected in a yellow bag. The research was carried out in an area inhabited by 200,000 people. The amount of waste collected in the communes in yellow containers in 2016–2019 increased systematically in communes: rural by 75.8, urban–rural by 44.9 and urban by 17.8%. The collection efficiency expressed in the degree of collection was the highest and grew fastest in rural areas (from 25.1 to 35.5%). In cities, it practically did not change (14.4–15.8%). The weight of recyclable components represented on average 39.9% of the weight of yellow bag waste. Plastic bottles (PET) packaging prevailed, the share of which changed from 19.6 to 14.8%, including the share of colourless PET decreasing from 7.9 to 5.8%. At present, revenue from the sale of secondary raw materials obtained from waste collected separately to yellow bags covers only 26% of the costs related to the recycling and recovery of waste delivered to the installation. Support for separate collection of plastics through recovery organisations, i.e., entrepreneurs who are obliged to recover and recycle waste, is symbolic.

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“…Waste management may prove to be particularly problematic amongst the new European Union members [95]. The reality across the several European Union states is, in fact, extremely diverse [96].…”

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Circular Economy and Economic Development in the European Union: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Martinho

Mourão

2020

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Increased changes in the climate and ecosystems call for a sustainable economic development, where economic growth should be compatible with the environment goals. In order to do this, it is urgent to find new ways of life and new production systems that make our ecological footprint compatible with global sustainability. The concept of the circular economy has brought relevant contributions to this problem. The central objective of the study presented here is to highlight the main insights presented through scientific literature about the concept of the circular economy within the European Union. In practice, the intention is to show what has already been done about this topic and what can/should be implemented in the future. To achieve these objectives, 144 articles were considered from the Web of Science (Core Collection) for the topics “circular economy” and “European Union”. These documents were, firstly, analysed through a proper literature review and later explored through bibliometric analysis, considering bibliographic data and the VOSviewer software. As the main findings have revealed, the increased importance of this concept within the European Union is recognized. However, this paper also identifies several challenges in the literature, namely the concentration of the identified publications in certain countries, organizations, and authors.

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Recycling of Communal Waste: Current State and Future Potential for Sustainable Development in the EU

Cited by 37 publications

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Analysis of Municipal Waste Development and Management in Self-Governing Regions of Slovakia

Analysis of Municipal Waste Development and Management in Self-Governing Regions of Slovakia

Risk and Opportunity of Using Plastics from Waste Collected in a Yellow Bag

Circular Economy and Economic Development in the European Union: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

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