Komunalinių atliekų tvarkymo prioritetai ir jų realizavimo galimybių subalansuotos miestų plėtros kontekste tyrimas
Municipal Waste Management Priorities and the Analysis of their Realization Possibilities in the Context of City Sustainable Development

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is a socio-economic substantiation of priorities in municipal waste management in the context of sustainable development and carrying out the analysis of the possibilities to realize them in municipal level. Research in organizational municipal waste management system has shown that the town had no comprehensive waste management system and this influenced economic waste management results. During the period under investigation (1996–2003) net profitability of mixed waste management decreased from 28.4% to 7.5%. Management of recyclables was profitable only when they were collected from landfill. Introduction and development of container system increased costs, the loss grew from 3 000 Lt in 1997 to 178 500 Lt in 2003. Operation of sorting site for bulky and hazardous waste was running at a loss every year of its exploitation (1998–2003). By applying the results of measuring and analysing waste collection time input as well as technical-economic and statistical-practical standards factors decisive for mixed waste collection costs have been determined: 1) specific features of the zone serviced; 2) design and volume capacity of the containers; 3) type of garbage trucks; 4) value of garbage trucks and containers; 5) number of people in collection team; 6) organizational aspects of collection process. Results of empiric research have confirmed that municipal waste management systems have considerable internal reserves for increasing sorted waste management development.

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