The waste management sector of Hungary

Katalin Lipták, Andrea S. Gubik, Ágnes Horváth () and Mónika Kis-Orloczki ()
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Ágnes Horváth: University of Miskolc
Mónika Kis-Orloczki: University of Miskolc

Theory Methodology Practice (TMP), 2021, vol. 17, issue 01, 31-42

Abstract: Nowadays, the waste management sector faces a number of challenges. Changes in consumer habits generate huge amounts of industrial and household waste. Today’s trends, which involve a higher use of critical raw materials, such as in the manufacture of batteries and solar cells, make it urgent to extract valuable raw materials from waste. The waste sector as a whole, taking into consideration all levels of the waste hierarchy (prevention, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, landfilling), is a significant branch of the national economy, both in terms of employment and income-generating capacity. In addition, the sector can be considered a major intermediary in industrial value chains as it contributes to the generation of secondary raw materials that can be sold to industries and thus help to achieve a circular economy through the collection, treatment and processing of waste.

Keywords: waste management sector; circular economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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