Analysis of waste management influencing factors, effects and measures as part of the Salzburg waste balances 2022 to 2024
Abstract
The recovery of recyclable waste from mixed municipal waste is a high priority based on EU requirements (e.g. municipal waste recycling quota, recycling quotas for packaging), federal and state regulations. According to residual waste analyses for 2018/19, mixed municipal waste in the state of Salzburg comprises approx. 54% of recyclable waste materials, i.e. discards, which account for approx. 48,000 tonnes of mixed municipal waste per year. This mass flow (in addition to other recyclable waste materials in bulky municipal waste) must be reduced with targeted measures in order to conserve resources and reduce municipal expenditure. The project comprises the following service areas: 1. the online data collection of municipal waste balances via a survey portal, including quality assurance by means of automated plausibility checks and follow-up surveys, 2. the investigation of key factors influencing settlement structure (e.g. settlement density, number of overnight stays, household size) and their effects on municipal waste generation, residual waste composition and derived indicators (e.g. waste collection rates) in order to be able to quantitatively compare groups of municipalities with similar settlement structures (including across Austria) with regard to separate collection, 3. the investigation of the efficiency of relevant waste management measures (e.g. with regard to collection systems, connection rates, emptying intervals, container volumes) and their volume effects within groups of municipalities with the same settlement structure in order to be able to recognise and evaluate optimal bundles of measures in a regional comparison and also over time, 4. answering the research questions, and 5. summarising and recommending waste management measures for individual waste streams and regions as well as the potential for additional separate collection to be exploited.
keywords waste management monitoring waste separation waste utilisation
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Peter Beigl
Dipl.-Ing. Mag.rer.soc.oec. Peter Beigl
peter.beigl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81314
Project Leader
01.02.2024 - 31.12.2025