Environmental assessment of potential industrial waste management in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60461373%3A22320%2F25%3A43931540" target="_blank" >RIV/60461373:22320/25:43931540 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70043" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70043</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70043" target="_blank" >10.1111/jiec.70043</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Environmental assessment of potential industrial waste management in the Czech Republic
Original language description
In contrast to municipal waste, the much larger quantities of industrial waste are less frequently addressed, both in legislation and in life cycle assessment (LCA). However, LCA studies can identify opportunities to reduce national environmental impacts by improving the management of industrial waste, and they can inform legislation that brings us closer to a net-zero, circular economy. This study analyzes the impact mitigation potential of 10 industrial waste categories in a case study of the Czech Republic. By adopting consequential, fraction-specific LCA modeling of current waste management practices, we clarified their hierarchy and quantified maximum transport distances from the environmental perspective. We further linked the environmental impacts with material flow analysis of these waste categories in the Czech Republic and compared the current situation with a potential scenario based on legislation targets and the maximum demand for recycled materials. The results indicate a potential to mitigate approximately 2.3% of the current environmental impacts for the Czech Republic and reduce primary energy resource consumption by about 1.7%. The highest potential was attributed to ferrous metal waste, where an increased recycling rate could additionally substitute up to 942 kt of primary steel, resulting in substantial environmental savings. The second highest potential was reported for coal combustion fly ash utilized in concrete production. The findings indicate that these materials, which are currently underemphasized in public policies, deserve greater attention.
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
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/SS02030008" target="_blank" >SS02030008: Centre of environmental research: Waste management, circular economy and environmetal secutiry</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
ISSN
1088-1980
e-ISSN
1530-9290
Volume of the periodical
29
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1185-1196
UT code for WoS article
001544234000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105005520751