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Socio-demographic determinants of municipal waste generation: case study of the Czech Republic

Authors

RYBOVÁ Kristýna SLAVÍK Jan BURCIN Boris SOUKOPOVÁ Jana KUČERA Tomáš ČERNÍKOVÁ Alena

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10163-018-0734-5
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10163-018-0734-5
Keywords Municipal waste generation; Environmental behavior;Influencing factors;Demographic change; Ordinary least square regression
Description Increasing pressure of the European Union on diverting municipal waste from landfills requires an active role of households and commands a radical change of their behavior. Knowledge of behavioral patterns enables an effective design of municipal waste management systems. Based on several factors influencing environmental behavior, this paper aims at analyzing differences in municipal waste generation among Czech municipalities using socio-demographic factors. A set of 12 characteristics for 5445 Czech municipalities was investigated. Using ordinary least squares regression, we developed a model with eight indicators describing household size, gender, completed education level and diverse housing characteristics. Even though the model explains only 5.1% of waste generation variability among Czech municipalities, it is statistically significant. Other factors such as age or population density do not improve the model significantly. The resulting model will be used as a basis for further spatial analysis.

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