Czech Republic 2008: Waste generation increased

Waste generation by enterprises

Enterprises, which are main waste generators in the Czech Republic, generated 22.2 million tonnes of waste (21.7 million tonnes in 2007). Enterprises generated 1.5 million tonnes of hazardous waste; it is almost total production of hazardous waste in Czech republic in 2008. The most increase in waste generation by enterprises was recorded in branches wastewater removal, solid waste removal and public cleaning (16.9 percent). Further amount of waste from construction (7.5 percent) and from energy production (5.2 percent) increased.
It has been observed in the long term that the crucial share of waste production is generated only by a small group of enterprises. In 2008 it was found out that 75.7 percent of the total waste generation in the Czech Republic is allotted to 310 enterprises. It concerns enterprises with the production volume more than 10 000 tonnes per year. Graph 6 shows the share of enterprises on the total waste generation by volume of waste generated in enterprises in 2008.

Municipalities registered 3.6 million tonnes of waste in 2008 (increase by 4.8 percent on 2007). Out of that, production of municipal and trade waste was 3.2 million tonnes (i.e. 305 kg per inhabitant in 2008, 293 kg per inhabitant in 2007). Apart from municipal waste, municipalities register also other types of waste generated on the territory of the municipality, particularly construction waste, waste from waste water treatment facilities and other waste not classified to municipal waste.

A total of 28.2 million tonnes of waste was treated in 2008. Out of that, 7.9 million tonnes was recovered, 5.9 million tonnes was disposal and other types of treatment treated 14.4 million tonnes of waste. 66.3 percent of recovered waste was recycled (R2-R6), 81.6 percent of disposed waste was landfilled (D1-D5). Use of waste for landscaping (N1) covers greatest volume (39.3 percent) of waste treated by other types of treatment. Incineration of all wastes (with or without the use of energy) decreased from 708 thousand tonnes in 2007 to 625 thousand tonnes in 2008 (decrease by 11.7 percent).

In total, 37.2 percent of hazardous waste was disposed (44.2 percent in 2007). 18.1 percent of hazardous waste was recovered (24.6 percent in 2007). The remaining 44.7 percent of hazardous waste was treated by other ways of waste treatment. Incineration of hazardous waste (with or without the use of energy) increased by 9.1 percent compared to the last year. Table 9 gives the types of hazardous waste treatment in 2004 - 2008.

The established consumption of selected wastes as secondary raw materials for producing selected products in observed enterprises (glassworks, metallurgical works, construction companies, etc., since 2004 including paper mills, cement mills and textile factories) was 3.1 million tonnes in 2008, i.e. by 6 percent less than in 2007. In relative values consumption of waste glass and waste paper decreased the most.

According to the statistical waste survey, the Czech Republic imported 444.5 thousand tonnes of waste in 2008 (269.6 thousand tonnes in 2007). Significant part of import was realized from the EU member states (437.6 thousand tonnes of waste, 98.4 percent). 6.9 thousand tonnes (1.6 percent) of waste was imported from the non-EU countries. It was predominantly metallic wastes, waste from waste management facilities (plastic and rubber). Beside discarded tyres, paper and paperboard and waste from pulp processing were also imported.
Export of waste in 2008 made up 1 870 thousand tonnes, almost all was exported to the EU member states. The most exported waste was metallic waste (77.9 percent from exported waste), next packing paper, paperboard, glass, sawdust and shavings.

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Source: Czech Statistical Office

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