Development of Energy Recovery from Waste in Slovakia Compared with the Worldwide Trend

Katarína Čulková (), Marcela Taušová, Peter Tauš and Eva Mihaliková
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Katarína Čulková: Institute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University Košice, Letna 9, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Marcela Taušová: Institute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University Košice, Letna 9, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Peter Tauš: Institute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University Košice, Letna 9, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Eva Mihaliková: Department of Economics and Management of Public Administration, Faculty of Public Administration, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Popradská 66, 041 32 Košice, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-17

Abstract: With societal development and population increase, the amount of waste and energy consumption is also increasing. The use of waste for energy production is gradually establishing in the international and national legal norms and political programs of most developed countries around the world. Many experts are beginning to be inclined to hold the opinion that it will be necessary to include energy-recoverable waste as a renewable energy source. Slovakia is a country that understands the importance of producing energy from waste without harming the environment. The current paper focuses on the potential of Slovakia compared to other countries in the area of energy recovery from waste. With the use of regression analysis, the growth trend of municipal waste in Slovakia was defined. The results show that the Slovakian trend goes against the EU goals. On the one hand, this represents a very serious problem for the environment, but it also indicates the significant potential of secondary raw materials and energy in the case of energy recovery from waste.

Keywords: waste management; energy recovery from waste; regression analysis; Slovakia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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