Waste Footprint of Selected City Districts of Prague

Authors

  • Dagmar Vološinová T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, public research institution, Prague
  • Libor Ansorge T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, public research institution, Prague

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2021.v10n4p217

Keywords:

ecological footprint of waste generation, waste management, municipal solid waste, sorted waste, collection waste, calculating analysis

Abstract

The growing population, thriving economy, rapid urbanisation significantly accelerate the generation of municipal waste. Tightening conditions for waste management are a challenge for all stakeholders to comply with the law and, at the same time, motivate them to reduce waste production. The knowledge of the biosphere's assimilation capacity can quantify the environmental impact of waste in an understandable and popular form to better understand the human need to assimilate the waste produced. Utilising the waste footprint indicator and anthropogenic emissions in the form of waste are converted into soil adsorption capacity. The article compares the waste footprints of different areas of the city of Prague. It quantifies the influence of living and waste services on the waste footprints of the capital inhabitants. This article also discusses the relationship of the waste footprint with other footprints and is intended to inform future debate on trace accounting.

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Published

2021-10-01

How to Cite

Vološinová, D. ., & Ansorge, L. . (2021). Waste Footprint of Selected City Districts of Prague. European Journal of Sustainable Development, 10(4), 217. https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2021.v10n4p217

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