Abstract
Waste treatment consists of activities required to make sure that waste has the least practical impact on the environment. In Slovakia, more than 50% of waste is in storage. Waste development depends on the economic situation of the state. In Slovakia, there is economic intolerance of waste treatment due to the weaker economic situation of the inhabitants. The goal of this contribution is to study the development of waste production in Slovakia in regard to economic indexes of households with the aim of improving waste management. The goal is achieved by searching for a relation between economic indexes and households by a correlation matrix and by verification of polynomial dependence. According to the results of the statistical importance, we found similarity of the regions in chosen indexes by using of cluster analysis. By this method a sustainable economy and healthy environment is guaranteed and waste is used to produce energy.
Highlights
Everyone produces waste; some less, some more
The annual reduction of land filling has been positive; for example, in 2017 up to 61.43% of municipal waste was in landfill in Slovakia
The evaluation is realized both for Slovakia as a whole, as well as according to the regional structure
Summary
Everyone produces waste; some less, some more. The richer the country, the more waste produced by its inhabitants. The more developed the country, the higher the rate of recycled waste [1]. In northern and western European countries waste stocks almost do not exist any more. In countries of eastern and southern Europe more than half of the waste is in storage [2]. The amount of municipal waste produced increases every year [3]. The most recent data of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic for 2019 show up to 434.63 kg of municipal waste per capita and a high percentage of this waste in landfill (50.45%). The annual reduction of land filling has been positive; for example, in 2017 up to 61.43% of municipal waste was in landfill in Slovakia
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