Review of Ukrainian, Slovakian and Serbian Municipal Waste Management: Comparative Study
Date
2022-03-01
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Видавництво Львівської політехніки
Lviv Politechnic Publishing House
Lviv Politechnic Publishing House
Abstract
The Carpathian Euroregion comprises of five
countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and
Ukraine, as the Euroregion's fifth state, aspires to join the
EU. As a result, we chose to compare Slovak Republic as an
EU member state and Serbia and Ukraine as candidate
countries. To support waste reduction and a circular
economy, European law establishes waste management
principles incorporated into national legislation across all
EU member states. The key document of Slovakia is the
Envirostrategy 2030, which sets a target of 60 % recycling
and 10 % landfilling by 2030. In 2017, Ukraine's Cabinet
approved a National Waste Management Strategy for the
period up to 2030, and Serbia approved a Waste
Management Program in the Republic of Serbia for the
period 2022 - 2031; as a crucial aspect of the EU's new
growth strategy to move the EU economy toward a
sustainable economic model, the research article focuses on
the European Green Deal and its effects on the countries
under examination. This research paper's goal is to assess the
state of Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine focusing on the waste
situation in particular. While Ukraine and Serbia have
enacted legislation requiring waste separation, this is only
being implemented gradually in practice, and insufficient
infrastructure is another issue. Slovakia has a slightly better
situation due to its more advanced infrastructure.
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Keywords
municipal waste management, circular economy, Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia
Citation
Valenćiková M. Review of Ukrainian, Slovakian and Serbian Municipal Waste Management: Comparative Study / Marina Valenćiková // Environmental Problems. — Lviv : Lviv Politechnic Publishing House, 2022. — Vol 7. — No 3. — P. 127–133.