Waste management and biodiversity

Abstract

Although after the entry into force of changes in the municipal waste management system, between 2012 and 2016, there was an approximately 200% increase in the amount of separately collected waste, still a large mass of waste are deposited in landfills or illegal wild landfills. They are a threat to biodiversity in ecosystems. Especially dangerous appear to be in this respect beverage packaging waste: plastic and glass bottles, aluminum cans, etc. This type of waste does not only reduce the aesthetic value of the landscape, but as numerous authors show, it poses a threat to invertebrates and small vertebrates. The survey analyzed the knowledge of on-line survey respondents on selected aspects of waste management and awareness of biodiversity threats from waste.