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Transformation of the municipal waste management sector in Poland. A case study of the Świętokrzyskie Region

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Rybaczewska-Błażejowska M.
Management
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2014
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vol. 18
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issue 2
175-190
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The article discusses the transformation of the municipal waste management sector in Poland, taking place during 2011- 2013, upon the case study of the Świętokrzyskie Region. The pivotal assumptions of the new model of municipal waste management in Poland are: the change of the owner of municipal waste that became communities, the improvement of the municipal waste collection, transportation and processing, and finally regionalization that means the division of the territory of Poland into municipal waste management regions. The research conducted among local authorities of the Świętokrzyskie Region has revealed that the system solutions applied in the field of municipal waste management, being currently implemented in Poland, though they are not free from socio-economic threats, lead to the fulfilment of the waste hierarchy, including the increasing levels of recycling and the reduction of bio-waste disposal.
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W artykule omówiono transformację sektora gospodarki odpadami komunalnymi w Polsce, odbywającą się w latach 2011-2013, na przykładzie województwa świętokrzyskiego. Do kluczowych założeń nowego modelu gospodarki odpadami komunalnymi w Polsce należą zmiana właściciela odpadów komunalnych, którym stały się gminy, poprawa efektywności gromadzenia, transportu i przetwarzania odpadów komunalnych, a wreszcie regionalizacja, która oznacza podział terytorium Polski na regiony gospodarki odpadami. Badania przeprowadzone wśród władz samorządowych województwa świętokrzyskiego wykazały, że zastosowane rozwiązania systemowe w zakresie gospodarki odpadami komunalnymi w Polsce, choć nie są one wolne od zagrożeń społeczno-ekonomicznych, prowadzą do wypełnienia hierarchii postępowania z odpadami, w tym wzrost poziomu recyklingu i zmniejszenia składowania bioodpadów
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Life cycle sustainability assessment of decentralised composting of bio-waste: A case study of the Łódź agglomeration (Poland)

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Rybaczewska-Błażejowska M., Mazurek D., Mazur M.
Quaestiones Geographicae
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2022
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vol. 41
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issue 4
89-105
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The study examines the concept of decentralised composting of bio-waste as an alternative approach to current waste management practices, using the Łódź Agglomeration (Poland) as an exemplary case study. Consequently, the aim of the presented research is to compare and discuss the sustainability of the functioning biowaste management system (status quo) against an alternative solution based on decentralised composting. Combined application of process-based life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) was selected as the methodology to compare the sustainability framework for the waste management practices under analysis. The study has made it clear that decentralised composting of bio-waste offers broader environmental, economic and social benefits, albeit with the level of that benefit being very much correlated with the type of local government area (commune or in Polish gmina). Regardless of the impact category, rural and urban–rural gminas achieved the greatest savings, reaching >90%, and thus are seen to offer the greatest potential for decentralised composting to be put into effect, on the basis of household/backyard composting. In consequence, decentralised composting can constitute a fundamental form of bio-waste management in 20 out of the 28 gminas of the Łódź Agglomeration. The results obtained from the research facilitate the implementation and wider utilisation of decentralised composting, as an important element of the transition to a circular economy, where bio-waste is concerned.
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