Landfilling as a Significant Environmental Burden in Slovakia

Martin STAŠKO

https://doi.org/10.53465/EDAMBA.2022.9788022550420.390-399

 

Abstract: In order to improve the state of the environment, it is essential, that the issue of landfilling, as a significant environmental burden, becomes a priority, as well as activities leading to the removal of existing landfills and the prevention of new ones. The presented paper deals with landfilling as a significant environmental burden in Slovakia, in which we analyze the amount of waste produced in Slovakia, the forms of its management with a closer focus on the rate of landfilling of municipal waste for the period 2005 to 2020. The paper uses descriptive statistics as research methods, specifically frequencies, percentages, minimum and maximum values, dispersion and averages. In the results, the paper states, that the amount of generated waste (without municipal waste) in Slovakia increased by approximately 14,5 % during the period 2005 – 2019. By analyzing the rate of landfilling, it was found, that it has been one of the dominant ways of dealing with municipal waste in Slovakia for several years, despite the fact, that its rate decreased by almost 30 % from 2005 to 2020. It is necessary, that the issue of landfilling becomes a priority in the future, and it is also necessary to develop activities leading to the removal of existing landfills and the prevention of the creation of new ones. In the coming years, Slovakia must proceed with significant structural changes in waste management. One of the possible solutions is to withdraw from the prevailing landfilling and transform to other forms of disposal of waste.

Keywords: environmental burden, landfill, environment, waste, Slovakia

JEL classification: F18, F64, O13

Fulltext: PDF

Online publication date: 3 March 2023

ISBN: 978-80-225-5042-0

Publisher: University of Economics in Bratislava

Pages: 390-399

 

To cite this proceedings paper (STN ISO 690 and 690-2):

STAŠKO, M. 2023. Landfilling as a significant environmental burden in Slovakia. In LÜLEYOVÁ, A. (ed.). EDAMBA 2022: Conference Proceedings. Bratislava: University of Economics in Bratislava, 2023. ISBN 978-80-225-5042-0, pp. 390-399. https://doi.org/10.53465/EDAMBA.2022.9788022550420.390-399