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<p>The aim of our study was to estimate the amount of waste disposed through the public system of waste collection, as well as the amount collected during clean-up activities in public spaces in Poland. This study has been the first of its kind in Poland. We defined terminology for the public system of waste collection and public spaces. Our analyses were for the year 2021 and focused on diverse research areas. The administrative and landscape standard was used as a criterion for the selection of the units tested in field trials, by means of a questionnaire survey. 46 units were purposefully selected, and two series of surveys were carried out with respect to two research areas. During the qualitative assessment of our information sources to assess their suitability for the development of the methodology, it was necessary to apply methodological verifiers relating to mass, persons, area, and statistics. The verifiers took into account all variables influencing the quantities of waste considered in the study. The results obtained showed the lack of separate records in the municipal register for the waste assessed under the study. It was found that nearly 85% of the waste collected in the public systems of waste collection and litter in public spaces were registered as mixed (unsorted) municipal waste (Code 20 03 01) [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_oszn-2022-0014_ref_019">Regulation... 2020</xref>]. It was noted that 20% of municipal waste generated outside households was left behind as litter in public spaces and posed environmental risks. For this reason, among others, it was necessary to estimate the amount of this type of waste.</p>
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The aim of our study was to estimate the amount of waste disposed through the public system of waste collection, as well as the amount collected during clean-up activities in public spaces in Poland. This study has been the first of its kind in Poland. We defined terminology for the public system of waste collection and public spaces. Our analyses were for the year 2021 and focused on diverse research areas. The administrative and landscape standard was used as a criterion for the selection of the units tested in field trials, by means of a questionnaire survey. 46 units were purposefully selected, and two series of surveys were carried out with respect to two research areas. During the qualitative assessment of our information sources to assess their suitability for the development of the methodology, it was necessary to apply methodological verifiers relating to mass, persons, area, and statistics. The verifiers took into account all variables influencing the quantities of waste considered in the study. The results obtained showed the lack of separate records in the municipal register for the waste assessed under the study. It was found that nearly 85% of the waste collected in the public systems of waste collection and litter in public spaces were registered as mixed (unsorted) municipal waste (Code 20 03 01) [Regulation... 2020]. It was noted that 20% of municipal waste generated outside households was left behind as litter in public spaces and posed environmental risks. For this reason, among others, it was necessary to estimate the amount of this type of waste.

Assessment of waste amounts collected through the public system of waste collection and during clean-up activities in public spaces in Poland

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The aim of our study was to estimate the amount of waste disposed through the public system of waste collection, as well as the amount collected during...

Unit	Mass verifier		Area verifier		Human verifier		Statistical verifier
	[thousand Mg]
	W_col	W_ab	W_col	W_ab	W_col	W_ab	W_col	W_ab
C_L, C_S, V	251.3	49.9	-	-	324.4	36.9	-	-
C_L, C_S, V	251.3	49.9	-	-	-	-	208.7	51.4
Baltic Sea beaches	5.0	1.2	-	-	1.2	0.4	4.9	1.0
Poland’s forests	2.1	9.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Urban parks	-	-	217.1	49.4	94.3	36.0	234.3	67.0
Baltic Sea	-	0.0014	-	-	-	-	-	-
Poland’s inland waters	-	0.09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Poland’s mountains	-	0.03	-	-	-	-	-	-

Unit	Low variant	Medium variant	High variant
Unit	Methodological verifiers
Administrative units
C_L, C_S, V	S_V	M_V	H_V
Landscape units
Baltic Sea beaches	H_V	S_V	M_V
Poland’s forests	M_V	M_V	M_V
Urban parks	H_V	A_V	S_V
Baltic Sea	M_V	M_V	M_V
Poland’s inland waters	M_V	M_V	M_V
Poland’s mountains	M_V	M_V	M_V

Assessment of waste amounts collected through the public system of waste collection and during clean-up activities in public spaces in Poland

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2022

Pages: 11 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2022-0014

Mots clés
municipal waste, public systems, public spaces, SUP, SUP litter clean-ups, litter, litter clean ups

© 2022 Beata Waszczyłko-Miłkowska et al., published by Sciendo

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Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Quantities of Wcol and Wab in administrative and landscape units in 2021 by methodological verifier types (thousand Mg)

Methodological verifiers adopted in Wcol and Wab mass variants for the administrative and landscape units in 2021

Assessment of waste amounts collected through the public system of waste collection and during clean-up activities in public spaces in Poland

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2022

Pages: 11 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2022-0014

Mots clésmunicipal waste, public systems, public spaces, SUP, SUP litter clean-ups, litter, litter clean ups

© 2022 Beata Waszczyłko-Miłkowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Quantities of Wcol and Wab in administrative and landscape units in 2021 by methodological verifier types (thousand Mg)

Methodological verifiers adopted in Wcol and Wab mass variants for the administrative and landscape units in 2021

Mots clés
municipal waste, public systems, public spaces, SUP, SUP litter clean-ups, litter, litter clean ups