Comparative analysis of the study results on the component composition of municipal waste in settlements of township and village type in the Poltava region

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a comparative analysis of collected data on the component (morphological) composition of municipal waste generated in the township and village type settlements of the Poltava region. Moreover, it includes the authors' own research findings from sorting analyses conducted in the settlement of Kotelva, Poltava region. The conclusions of these studies were obtained as a result of sorting analyses conducted for four seasons, following the guidelines outlined in the Ukrainian Methodological Recommendations for Determining the Morphological Composition of Municipal Waste as well as European approaches, the European Guidelines for Conducting Residual Waste Sorting Analyses ("Leitfaden für die Durchführung von Restmüll-Sortieranalysen"). The conclusions gained from these studies have allowed the authors to create a more comprehensive components list, which they recommend for use in sorting analyses. This aims to accurately identify the component composition of municipal waste and to inform effective waste management and strategic economic solutions accurately.