Biowaste separation at source and its limitations based on spatial conditions
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13510%2F19%3A43895483" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13510/19:43895483 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/44555601:13440/19:43895483
Result on the web
<a href="https://digital.detritusjournal.com/articles/biowaste-separation-at-source-and-its-limitations-based-on-spatial-conditions/204" target="_blank" >https://digital.detritusjournal.com/articles/biowaste-separation-at-source-and-its-limitations-based-on-spatial-conditions/204</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2019.13787" target="_blank" >10.31025/2611-4135/2019.13787</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Biowaste separation at source and its limitations based on spatial conditions
Original language description
The European regulation of biodegradable municipal waste (biowaste) treatment places a significant demand on local biowaste separation systems and consequent treatment (composting, anaerobic digestion). When implementing separate collection systems, there is a public demand for systems based on containers and bags. Based on a case study of the city Usti nad Labem in the Czech Republic, the authors illustrate the difficulties encountered in the implementation of this kind of system. A series of factors should be paramount in the organization of biowaste separate collection, including the location of containers, the amount of contaminants, and system parameters (e.g. volume of containers, frequency of collection). The results obtained confirm how a precision-targeted information campaign may contribute towards reducing contamination of biowaste container content. Lower amounts of contaminants imply a simplified biowaste treatment (composting) and increased system efficiency. Furthermore, it was observed that the relocation of biowaste containers, or placing of additional containers in the system, resulted in an increase in public involvement as a result of the added convenience of separate collection proximity of containers. The equipment of the chosen city district by additional 55 containers increases the number of address points covered by the system by approx. 149.20% and the number of inhabitants by about 38.14%. However, this added convenience of separate collection is not cost-neutral, with the increased proximity of containers contributing towards a rise in collection costs including transport, and containers. The increase of collection costs ranges between 105.5 and 156.78% in comparison with the current situation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20701 - Environmental and geological engineering, geotechnics
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-14409S" target="_blank" >GA16-14409S: Demographic development and behavioural aspects (e.g. 'crowding-out effect') and their impact on the municipal waste charging policy</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Detritus
ISSN
2611-4127
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
5
Issue of the periodical within the volume
March 2019
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
36-45
UT code for WoS article
000474687100011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85087831450