| Abstract [eng] |
Waste management is priority ground in Lithuania environment protection. It is very important to reduce quantity of waste and to raise extent of remarking. Kitchen waste is almost the half of waste produced in house holds. Secondary raw (paper, cardboard, glass, plastics, wood waste, textile, leather and etc.) also is a big part of municipal waste. A huge amount of waste still gets in to landfills, which could be recycled after sorting. 76 percent dwellers of Panevėžys region have possibility to dispose their waste to dumpsters, which are looked after keeper of municipal waste management. 1,6 percent of Lithuania hazardous waste is gathered in Panevėžys region and 22,65 percent non-hazardous waste is picked up. The quantity of non-hazardous waste is arising in Lithuania. There is no arising trend of non-hazardous waste in Panevėžys region. The quantity of gathered municipal waste for one person in Panevėžys region (416,852 kg/capita) is bigger than in Lithuania (393,333 kg/capita). 4,93 percent of Lithuania trade waste is gathered in Panevėžys region. And the quantity of trade waste in Panevėžys region grows quicker in relation than in Lithuania. Storage and remarking are the most often used ways for management of hazardous waste in Panevėžys region and the whole Lithuania. The most spread waste management way is disposal (48 percent) and in the second place is storage (28 percent) in the Republic of Lithuania. Ass-backwards it is Panevėžys region: storage (70 percent) is in the first place and disposal (13 percent) in the second place. During 2000 – 2005 years there was decrease of landfills in Panevėžys region. In 2000 year there were 101 landfills. In 2005 year there were 91 landfills. |
