Segaolmejäätmete, eraldi kogutud paberi- ja pakendijäätmete ning elektroonikaromu koostise ja koguste uuring

The study finds that the composition of mixed municipal waste in Estonia has remained largely stable over the last decade, with biodegradable and packaging waste each making up approximately 32% of the total. While the share of plastic and bio-waste has slightly decreased, there is a significant increase in paper and cardboard packaging, reflecting a decline in the use of traditional waste paper like newspapers. Separately collected packaging containers suffer from high contamination rates (28% on average), particularly in rural areas. WEEE collected at civic amenity sites is dominated by large appliances, heat exchangers, and screens, which account for 89% of the total weight.

• The overall composition of mixed municipal waste in Estonia has not changed significantly over the last ten years, suggesting a lack of major developments in the municipal waste collection system.
• Biodegradable waste and packaging waste each account for approximately 32% of mixed municipal waste on average across Estonia.
• Within mixed municipal waste, plastic packaging is the largest component of packaging waste, representing about half of that fraction and 16% of the total mixed municipal waste.
• There is a significant increase in the share of paper and cardboard in mixed municipal waste compared to 2012, driven by tissue paper and packaging, while the use of newspapers and magazines has decreased.
• Kitchen and food waste make up the majority (73%) of bio-waste in mixed municipal waste; the share of kitchen waste is lowest in Tallinn due to an existing separate collection system.
• Separately collected paper and cardboard waste now consists of 52% paper and cardboard packaging and 44% waste paper, an increase in packaging share from 45% in 2012.
• Mixed packaging containers have a high average contamination rate of 28%, with significant littering in rural areas where containers are sometimes used for general waste, construction waste, and waste paper.
• In separately collected mixed packaging, plastic packaging is the dominant material (approximately 46% of packaging waste), followed by paper and cardboard (27%) and glass (21%).
• WEEE collected at civic amenity sites is primarily composed of large appliances, heat exchangers, and screens, which together make up about 89% of the total weight.
• While large appliances dominate WEEE by weight (41%), small appliances are the most numerous category, accounting for 60% of the total number of devices.

APA

Moora, H., Väli, K., & Staal, I. (2020). Segaolmejäätmete, eraldi kogutud paberi- ja pakendijäätmete ning elektroonikaromu koostise ja koguste uuring. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sortimisuuringu-lopparuanne.pdf

Chicago

Moora, Harri, Kadi Väli, and Indrek Staal. Segaolmejäätmete, eraldi kogutud paberi- ja pakendijäätmete ning elektroonikaromu koostise ja koguste uuring. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2020. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sortimisuuringu-lopparuanne.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{moora2020segaolmejtmete, author = {Moora, Harri and Väli, Kadi and Staal, Indrek}, title = {{Segaolmejäätmete, eraldi kogutud paberi- ja pakendijäätmete ning elektroonikaromu koostise ja koguste uuring}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sortimisuuringu-lopparuanne.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }