Production, Treatment, Utilisation and Disposal of Waste in 2002
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This statistical information presents results obtained by processing statistical questionnaire
Odp 5-01 “Statistical Questionnaire on Wastes”. The population of respondents includes enterprises and sampled municipalities (classified to CZ-NACE 751). The survey taken
in enterprises and municipalities provided data on industrial and municipal wastes, respectively.
The enterprises covered by the survey employed 20+ people and their principal activity classified them to CZ-NACE divisions/groups coded 01, 02, 10-36, 38-41, 45, 502, 55, 601-602, 62, 642, 747, 7481, 851-852, 9211, and 93. Furthermore, units with 5+ employees classified to CZ-NACE 37 (Recycling) and 5157 (Wholesale of waste and scrap) and units classified to CZ-NACE 90 (Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities), with no limit on the number of employees, were also included in the survey.
The data given in the tables and charts were obtained by processing the aforementioned statistical questionnaire filled in by 11 932 enterprises, which translates into 82% of the total population of the survey.
Of the total of the enterprises (including construction firms since 2001, too), 420 were provided with an annex to the questionnaire to provide information on the consumption
of waste as a secondary raw material for the manufacture of chosen products.
The generation of municipal waste was established via questionnaires received from 1 331 municipalities with the help of 1010 municipalities sampled in all the Czech Republic. This number of reporting units stands for 94% of the basic population of the municipalities measured. The data were grossed up to cover the whole country.
For the reason of individual data protection, the detailed tables list only those kinds of waste that were reported by four or more producers. Generation, recovery and disposal of the non-reported kinds of waste are included in total volume items.
Definitions
On 1 January 2002 a new Act No. 185/2001 Coll., on Waste and Amendments to Some Other Acts, as last amended, entered into force. The Act fully complies with waste management laws and regulations of the EU.
Waste is any movable thing its owner disposes of or intends to dispose of, which is classified
to a group of wastes listed in Annex No. 1 to Act No. 185/2001 Coll.
Hazardous waste is waste included in the List of Hazardous Waste given in the implementing regulation as well as any waste exhibiting one or more hazardous characteristics listed in Annex No. 2 to Act No. 185/2001 Coll.
Waste management refers to gathering, concentration, collection, purchase, sorting, transport, storing, treatment, use and disposal of waste.
Types of waste management
The ways of waste management are divided into two groups, in compliance with the division according to the EU. They are:
- waste recovery - activities shown in Annex No. 3 to Act. No. 185/2001 Coll.; and
- waste disposal - activities shown in Annex No. 4 to Act. No. 185/2001 Coll.
Municipal waste refers to all kinds of waste generated within the municipality by the activity
of actual persons, coming under Group 20 of the Waste List, except for wastes produced by legal or natural persons holding a business licence.
In this publication the municipal waste refers to all waste generated within the municipality
by the activity of actual persons and similar waste generated by trades, offices, etc., including components of these wastes collected separately.
Trade waste refers to waste whose composition is similar to the municipal wastes classified under Group 20 of the Waste List, which generated by a non-productive activity of legal or natural persons holding a business licence (e.g. small entrepreneurs, offices, etc.).
Standard collection of waste refers to collection of mixed waste from dustbins, containers or bags.
Collection of bulky wastes refers to collection of waste too large to be placed in dustbins, containers or bags.