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Management of municipal solid waste in Croatia: Analysis of current practices with performance benchmarking against other European Union member states
Waste Management & Research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 36 (2018), 8; 663-669. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242x18789058
Traven, Luka; Kegalj, Igor; Šebelja, Iva

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Traven, L., Kegalj, I. & Šebelja, I. (2018). Management of municipal solid waste in Croatia: Analysis of current practices with performance benchmarking against other European Union member states. Waste Management & Research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 36. (8), 663-669. doi: 10.1177/0734242x18789058

Traven, Luka, et al. "Management of municipal solid waste in Croatia: Analysis of current practices with performance benchmarking against other European Union member states." Waste Management & Research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, vol. 36, no. 8, 2018, pp. 663-669. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242x18789058

Traven, Luka, Igor Kegalj and Iva Šebelja. "Management of municipal solid waste in Croatia: Analysis of current practices with performance benchmarking against other European Union member states." Waste Management & Research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 36, no. 8 (2018): 663-669. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242x18789058

Traven, L., Kegalj, I. and Šebelja, I. (2018) 'Management of municipal solid waste in Croatia: Analysis of current practices with performance benchmarking against other European Union member states', Waste Management & Research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 36(8), pp. 663-669. doi: 10.1177/0734242x18789058

Traven L, Kegalj I, Šebelja I. Management of municipal solid waste in Croatia: Analysis of current practices with performance benchmarking against other European Union member states. Waste Management & Research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2024 May 06];36(8):663-669. doi: 10.1177/0734242x18789058

L. Traven, I. Kegalj and I. Šebelja, "Management of municipal solid waste in Croatia: Analysis of current practices with performance benchmarking against other European Union member states", Waste Management & Research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 663-669, 2018. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:523616. [Accessed: 06 May 2024]

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Title (english)Management of municipal solid waste in Croatia: Analysis of current practices with performance benchmarking against other European Union member states
AuthorLuka Traven
AuthorIgor Kegalj
AuthorIva Šebelja
MBZ: 384622
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Environmental Medicine)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Public Health and Health Care
Health Ecology
Abstract (english)
The European Commission has adopted a very ambitious circular economy package and has consequently revised many legislative proposals on waste. The new targets include achieving a recycling rate of 65% by 2030 and imposing a cap on landfilled waste to no more than 10% (as a percentage of weight). Using available European and national databases on municipal solid waste indicators, we have analysed municipal solid waste production trends for Croatia and have benchmarked the indicators against other EU member states and EU averages. Our analysis points out that the production of municipal solid waste has steadily risen over the last two decades. Although Croatia produces a relatively low amount of municipal solid waste compared with other EU countries and EU averages, gross domestic product adjusted waste production reveals that for every euro of gross domestic product Croatia produces substantial amounts of municipal solid waste. As a matter of fact, among all the EU member states, only Bulgaria had a worse performance than Croatia. Regarding recycling rates, Croatia recycles 15% of its municipal solid waste and incinerates approximately 3% (by weight). The rest (82% by weight) is currently being landfilled. Regarding the treatment of waste, Croatia has implemented mechanical–biological treatment technology, but our analysis reveals that the initial number of mechanical–biological treatment plants will likely have to be scaled down taking into consideration the new EU waste management targets
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleWaste Management & Research : The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy
Numberingvol. 36, no. 8, pp. 663-669
p-ISSN0734-242X
e-ISSN1096-3669
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0734242x18789058
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:523616
Publication2018
Document URLhttp://bib.irb.hr/1049903
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