Evaluation of Communal Waste in Slovakia from the View of Chosen Economic Indicators

Beáta Stehlíková, Katarína Čulková, Marcela Taušová, Ľubomír Štrba and Eva Mihaliková
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Beáta Stehlíková: Department of Information, Technical University Košice, FBERG, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
Katarína Čulková: Department of Earth Resources, Technical University Košice, FBERG, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
Marcela Taušová: Department of Earth Resources, Technical University Košice, FBERG, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
Ľubomír Štrba: Department of Geotourism, Technical University of Košice, FBERG, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
Eva Mihaliková: Department of Economy, Faculty of Public Administration, Pavol Jozef Šafarik University in Košice, Popradská 66, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-22

Abstract: Waste treatment consists of activities required to make sure that waste has the least practical impact on the environment. In Slovakia, more than 50% of waste is in storage. Waste development depends on the economic situation of the state. In Slovakia, there is economic intolerance of waste treatment due to the weaker economic situation of the inhabitants. The goal of this contribution is to study the development of waste production in Slovakia in regard to economic indexes of households with the aim of improving waste management. The goal is achieved by searching for a relation between economic indexes and households by a correlation matrix and by verification of polynomial dependence. According to the results of the statistical importance, we found similarity of the regions in chosen indexes by using of cluster analysis. By this method a sustainable economy and healthy environment is guaranteed and waste is used to produce energy.

Keywords: waste economy; productivity of energy sources; circular economy; waste treatment; Slovakia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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