Recent Developments in Landfilling and Biodegradable Waste Management: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Šonský, Jan; Vaculík, Petr; Kažimírová, Viera; Altmann, Vlastimil; Zhao, Shuran

doi:10.2478/ata-2024-0019

Abstract

In accordance with EU legislation, the Czech Republic has been progressively implementing stringent regulations for the landfilling of municipal waste. The main reason is to facilitate the transition to circular economy and maximise material and energy utilisation. The aim of this study was to provide insights on biodegradable waste management in Czechia and to monitor changes related to landfilling at two distinct landfill sites in the Czech Republic fulfilling new legislation requirements. The analysis, underpinned by monitoring data on the amount and composition of waste landfilled from 2014 to 2023, has delineated a decline in the proportion of biodegradable waste. This trend aligns with that observed in other European countries. Furthermore, reduced energy production with a decreasing proportion of biodegradable waste in municipal solid waste was confirmed. The study points to the need for improved biodegradable waste separation, and it stands as a case study in the formulation of biodegradable waste strategies.

References

CIUŁA, J. – KOWALSKI, S. – GENEROWICZ, A. – BARBUSIŃSKI, K. – MATUSZAK, Z. – GASKA, K. 2023. Analysis of energy generation efficiency and reliability of a cogeneration unit powered by biogas. In Energies, vol. 16, no. 5, article no. 2180. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16052180
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Czech Republic. Decree No. 321/2014 Coll. on the extent and method of provision of separate collection of components of municipal wastes.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Czech Republic. Decree No. 210/2018 Coll. on the extent and method of provision of separate collection of components of municipal wastes.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
EKO-KOM. 2023a. Efficiency of sorted waste collection in municipal systems between 2018 and 2022. Available at: https://www.ekokom.cz/vyteznosti-trideneho-sberu-v-letech-2018-2022-vsystemu-eko-kom/
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
EKO-KOM. 2023b. Results of municipal solid waste analysis in 2022. Available at: https://www.ekokom.cz/vysledky-rozboru-smesnehokomunalniho-odpadu-z-obci-v-roce-2022/
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
EL-FADEL, M. – FINDIKAKIS, A. N. – LECKIE, J. O. 1997. Environmental impacts of solid waste landfilling. In Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 50, no.1, pp. 1–25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jema.1995.0131
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
European Commission. 2023. Recycling of biowaste. Eurostat. Available at: http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/d2ja6lfsx1pw8prkuxpka
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
European Union. Directive (EU) 2018/850 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
European Commission and Directorate-General for Environment. 2023. Waste Early Warning Report 2023.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
EVANS, G. 2001. Biowaste and Biological Waste Treatment. London : James & James Science Publishers Ltd, 216 pp. ISBN 1902916085
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
FRIEGE, H. – EGER, Y. 2022. Best practice for bio-waste collection as a prerequisite for high-quality compost. In Waste Management & Research, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 104–110. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X211033714
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
HŘEBÍČEK, J. – KALINA, J. – VANĚČEK, M. 2017. Model of biowaste separation of household waste. Case study of the city of Brno. In Waste Forum 2017, no. 4, pp. 223–236.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
HYNDMAN, R. J. – KHANDAKAR, Y. 2008. Automatic time series forecasting: The forecast package for R. In Journal of Statistical Software, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 1–22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v027.i03
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
CHOTOVINSKÝ, O. – ALTMANN, V. 2018. A comparative case study of the efficiency of collection systems for paper and biodegradable municipal solid waste. In Agronomy Research, vol. 16, no. S1, pp. 997–1009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15159/AR.18.106
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
JUNGA, P. – TRÁVNÍČEK, P. – SUCHÝ, P. – KOTEK, L. – VÍTĚZ, T. 2023. Analysis of emergency situations at municipal solid waste landfills. In Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, vol. 25, pp. 288–301. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-022-01532-4
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
KAZA, S. – YAO, L. C. – BHADA TATA, P. – VAN WOERDEN, F. – MARTIN, T. M. R. – SERRONA, K. R. B. – THAKUR, R. – POP, F. – HAYASHI, S. – SOLORZANO, G. – ALENCASTRO LARIOS, N. – SELENE – POVEDA, R. A. – ISMAIL, A. 2018. What a waste 2.0: A global snapshot of solid waste management to 2050. World Bank Group. Report no. 132827, vol. 1. ISBN 978-1-4648-1329-0
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
LIANG, X. – KURNIAWAN, T. A. – GOH, H. H. – ZHANG, D. – DAI, W. – LIU, H. – GOH, K. C. – OTHMAN, M. H. D. 2022. Conversion of landfilled waste-to-electricity (WTE) for energy efficiency improvement in Shenzhen (China): A strategy to contribute to resource recovery of unused methane for generating renewable energy on-site. In Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 369, article no. 133078. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133078
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
MALAMIS, D. – BOURKA, A. – STAMATOPOULOU, Ε. – MOUSTAKAS, K. – SKIADI, O. – LOIZIDOU, M. 2017. Study and assessment of segregated biowaste composting: The case study of Attica municipalities. In Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 203, no. 2, pp. 664–669. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.070
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
MÜHLE, S. – BALSAM, I. – CHEESEMAN, C. R. 2010. Comparison of carbon emissions associated with municipal solid waste management in Germany and the UK. In Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 793–801. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.12.009
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
ORDINANCE No. 273/2021 Coll. on details of waste management. PANARETOU, V. – TSOUTI, CH. – MOUSTAKAS, K. – MALAMIS, D. – MAI, S. – BARAMPOUTI, E. M. – LOIZIDOU, M. 2021. Chapter three – Food waste generation and collection. In WONG, J. – KAUR, G. – TAHERZADEH, M. – PANDEY, A. – LASARIDI, K. (Ed.). Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Elsevier, pp. 43–105. ISBN 978-0-12-819148-4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819148-4.00003-8
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
RIBIĆ, B. – PEZO, L. – SINCIĆ, D. – LONČAR, B. – VOCA, N. 2019. Predictive model for municipal waste generation using artificial neural networks – Case study City of Zagreb, Croatia. In International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 5701–5713. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4632
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
ROUSTA, K. – BOLTON, K. – LUNDIN, M. – DAHLÉN, L. 2015. Quantitative assessment of distance to collection point and improved sorting information on source separation of household waste. In Waste Management, vol. 40, pp. 22–30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2015.03.005
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
SANJUAN-DELMÁS, D. – TAELMAN, S. E. – ARLATI, A. – OBERSTEG, A. – VÉR, C. – ÓVÁRI, Á. – TONINI, D. – DEWULF, J. 2021. Sustainability assessment of organic waste management in three EU cities: Analysing stakeholder-based solutions. In Waste Management, vol. 132, pp. 44–55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.07.013
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
SEL, İ. – ÇAKMAKCI, M. – ÖZKAYA, B. – SUPHI ALTAN, H. 2016. Case study on prediction of remaining methane potential of landfilled municipal solid waste by statistical analysis of waste composition data. In Waste Management, vol. 56, pp. 310–317. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.07.023
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
STEJSKAL, B. – MALSOVÁ, A. – BÁREKOVÁ, A. 2017. Comparison of family house and apartment households bio-waste production and composition. In Waste Forum, no. 4, pp. 237–243.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
WAGLAND, S. T. – VELTRE, F. – LONGHURST, P. J. 2012. Development of an image-based analysis method to determine the physical composition of a mixed waste material. In Waste Management, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 245–248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2011.09.019
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
WANDERLEY, T. – MCQUIBBAN, J. – MÖRSEN, T. 2022. How to best collect bio-waste: Guidance for municipalities on the best performing methods to separately collect bio-waste. Zero Waste Europe. Available at: https://zerowastecities.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/How-to-best-collect-bio-waste-EN-Final.pdf
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
ZÁVODSKÁ, A. – BENEŠOVÁ, L. – SMYTH, B. – MORRISSEY, A. J. 2014. A comparison of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) management strategies in Ireland and the Czech Republic and the lessons learned. In Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 92, pp. 136–144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.09.007
Search in Google Scholar Back to article

Recent Developments in Landfilling and Biodegradable Waste Management: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Abstract

Paradigm

My account