Factors of Changes in Waste Management in a Mountain Region of Southern Poland

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The aim of the work was to assess the effectiveness of municipal waste management in Poland over the period 2012-2017, considering the accumulation of waste collected selectively and non-selectively per capita and the changes resulting from the implementation of Directives 1999/31/EC and 2008/98/EC in Polish legislation. Within 6 years, noticeable changes in the country initiated by the EU and national legislation indicated an increase in the amount of waste to be recovered. However, the achieved efficiency of limiting the deposited waste at the level of 20% was moderate, despite the existence of infrastructure allowing for increased recovery. The analysis of the efficiency of waste management showed a certain convergence of the increase in the amount of generated waste and gross domestic product (GDP). On the other hand, the increase in accumulated organic waste per capita in all three dimensions of time was the most significant and exceeded 20%.

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 87%

Assessment of changes in the municipal waste accumulation in Poland

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…To apply the waste hierarchy, European Union (EU) member states have been adopting measures to encourage solutions that minimise environmental impacts (Pomberger et al 2017). Therefore, on a global scale, all waste producers must be included in organised waste collection (Przydatek 2019). Such behaviour aims to help protect natural resources and prevent environmental degradation (Gharfalkar et al 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of selected issues related to used tyre management in Poland

Budzik

Janik

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This paper discusses interactions between the generation, collection and recovery of used tyres while considering an indicator of their mass accumulation per area in Poland. Notably, this study aimed to assess selected issues related to used tyre management efficiency from 2008 to 2018 based on European Union and national regulations. Within 11 years, over 5 million Mg of used tyres was introduced into the domestic market—exceeding the amount required for 50 million registered vehicles. It was demonstrated that a significant tyre waste management process involved the recovery of 47% of all tyres, which was almost entirely correlated with the total volume of tyres. Only the growth trend for generated tyres was considered significant, and the rarely used indicator of the accumulation of used tyres per area exhibited an uneven accumulation of used tyres, with the highest amount being 48.06 Mg km−2 in a region with a small area but a significant volume of waste tyres. Therefore, the management of used tyres requires action in the country to optimally increase this form of waste collection while consolidating the development, gathering and processing infrastructure in the context of further minimising environmental pressure and increasing the efficiency of their use by considering the 4R principle.

“…To apply the waste hierarchy, European Union (EU) member states have been adopting measures to encourage solutions that minimise environmental impact (Pomberger et al 2017). Therefore, on a global scale, all waste producers must be included in organised waste collection (Przydatek 2019). Such behaviour is to help protect natural resources and prevent environmental degradation (Gharfalkar at al.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of Selected Issues of Used Tyre Management in Poland

Budzik

Janik

2021

Preprint

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The study aimed to assess used tyre management efficiency in Poland from 2008 to 2018, considering their recovery based on EU and national regulations. Within 11 years, over 5 million Mg of used tyres were introduced to the domestic market, exceeding 50 million registered vehicles. A significant process in tyre waste management was the recovery of 47% of tyres, which was almost fully correlated with the total amount of tyres. Only the growth trend of the manufactured tyres was considered significant, and the rarely used indicator of the accumulation of used tyres per area showed an uneven accumulation of worn tyres with the highest amount of 48.06 Mg km-2 in a region with a small area but significant volume of tyres. Therefore, management of used tyres requires taking actions that optimise increasing waste collection and rational recovery in the context of the further minimisation of environmental pressure and increasing the efficiency of their use, taking into account the advanced technology.