Naslov
Assessment of separate collection of recyclable municipal waste in Croatian municipalities and determination of potential for material recovery

Autori
Požgaj, Đurđica ; Korica, Predrag ; Golubovac, Natalija ; Kišević, Mak ; Gudelj, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management “ATHENS 2017” / - , 2017, 1-14

Skup
5th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management,

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 21-24.06.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
separate collection, municipal waste, waste assessment, mixed municipal waste

Sažetak
The aim of this paper is to determine the level of unused potential for material recovery of the components of municipal waste and to give an overview of the current situation in the Republic of Croatia regarding the achievement of the European quantitative target for recovery of municipal waste. The data analyses were conducted for separately collected amounts of waste paper, plastics, metals, glass, textiles and biowaste from the household municipal waste in the period 2011 - 2015 for 556 local self-government units which were then grouped into 5 regions. Municipal waste which originated from commercial sector in 2015 was additionally allocated to local self-government units. For the analysis of achievement of the European quantitative target regarding material recovery, 2015 was taken as the baseline year and covered both household and commercial municipal waste. The results show that in all analysed regions the remaining unused material recovery potential of municipal waste is exceptionally high, especially when considering unused potential of municipal waste managed by local self-government units (household waste without commercial sector). The regions with the highest utilization of resources from municipal waste (households and commercial sector) are City of Zagreb and Northwestern Croatia, followed by Coastal and Mountain Croatia while Dalmatia region and Eastern Croatia have the lowest utilized potential from municipal waste. If separate collection and material recovery, as observed in 2015, continue in the upcoming years, the defined target will not be met within the set deadline. It is necessary to increase utilisation of material recovery potential of all analysed waste flows in all the analysed regions. The highest remaining material recovery potential from municipal waste is determined for textile waste and biowaste. Recommendation for the forthcoming period is to focus on the separate collection and material recovery of biowaste and plastics because of their high share in the mixed municipal waste of 37% and 23%, respectively.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemijsko inženjerstvo

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