Municipal waste management in the Pogórze Dynowskie

Abstract

This article compares the theoretical estimate with the actual amount of municipal waste received in the area of five rural municipalities that are part of the local Association of Dynów Foothills Communes (Związek Gmin Pogórza Dynowskiego, Podkarpacie Province in Southeastern Poland). The theoretical waste mass in 2019 calculated on the basis of statistical indicators of waste generation was even 60% higher than the actual mass of the collected waste. Theoretically, 27% of the waste generated in the studied area should subsequently be subject to the different recycling processes, while the waste database showed that only 14% of the waste mass was collected separately in morphological categories such as: paper and cardboard, glass, plastics, metals and biodegradable materials. Moreover, in all of the considered municipalities WEEE, bulky waste, and mixed packaging waste were collected, which in total accounted for 30% of selectively collected waste.