A Comparison and Development of Municipal Waste Management in Three Countries, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland, with an Emphasis on the Slovak Republic

Lucia Domaracka; Simona Matuskova; Marcela Tausova; Barbara Kowal; Katarina Culkova

doi:10.3390/engproc2023057040

Engineering Proceedings (Dec 2023)

A Comparison and Development of Municipal Waste Management in Three Countries, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland, with an Emphasis on the Slovak Republic

Lucia Domaracka,
Simona Matuskova,
Marcela Tausova,
Barbara Kowal,
Katarina Culkova

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Lucia Domaracka: Institute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Košice, 040 02 Košice, Slovakia
Simona Matuskova: Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VŠB Technical University of Ostrava, 703 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Marcela Tausova: Institute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Košice, 040 02 Košice, Slovakia
Barbara Kowal: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Katarina Culkova: Institute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Košice, 040 02 Košice, Slovakia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2023057040
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 57, no. 1
p. 40

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In this paper, we compare the development and possibilities for improvement of waste management in three countries: Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland. Waste management is part of the circular economy. The circular economy is the basis for waste management today. This applies to municipal waste management, too. In this paper, we work with data available in the Eurostat database. We mainly deal with municipal waste in the three chosen countries. The output of this paper is an assessment of indicators such as recycling rates and waste production. The outputs are documented graphically.

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ISSN: 2673-4591 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Engineering machinery, tools, and implements
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