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Definitions and Procedures for Characterization of Biodegradable Waste

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Helena Raclavská, Jana Růžičková, Marek Kucbel, Barbora Švédová, Konstantin Raclavský

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This paper outlines standard definitions and procedures for characterizing biodegradable waste, intended to support consistent research and regulatory frameworks. It is a methodological standards document rather than an original research study.

The application of the principles of circular economics in the management of single-type biodegradable waste from direct production (food production, wood waste) can bring economic and environmental benefits by ensuring the production of products with a higher added value and by saving primary resources. Biodegradable municipal waste (BMW), as part of municipal solid waste (MSW), remains a problem. The information on the quality of "clean kitchen waste collected separately" will be available only after the introduction of separate collections after 2025. In terms of valorization of such waste, a limiting factor for its further use may be newly monitored pollutants (e.g. microplastics).

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