ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Using Material Flow Analysis for Waste
Management Planning
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DEP-OT Public Utility Regional Landfill, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina
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Faculty of Environmental Protection, Educons University, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
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Faculty of Health Sciences Pan-European University Apeiron, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina
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PSI Institute for Protection and Ecology of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia & Hercegovina
Submission date: 2017-08-17
Final revision date: 2017-10-12
Acceptance date: 2017-10-14
Online publication date: 2018-08-06
Publication date: 2018-11-20
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Dragana Neskovic Markic
Public utility „DEP-OT“ Regional landfill Banja Luka, Bulevar vojvode Zivojina Misica 23, 78 000 Banja Luka, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bulevar V. Z. Misica 17, 78 000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(1):255-265
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ABSTRACT
The main objectives of waste management are environmental preservation, the safeguarding of human
health, and natural resources conservation. Material flow analysis/ substances flow analysis (MFA/SFA)
method takes into account the consideration of the “metabolic” system of waste management, which means
monitoring waste flows and substances within the model for waste management, and examining all inputs
and outputs in the system, as well as their evaluation and comparison. Modeled scenarios in the Banjaluka
region of the Republic of Srpska (RS) were developed in accordance with both the European Union
(EU) and RS legislation, as well as relevant municipal waste management strategic documents. Modeled
municipal solid waste (MSW) management scenarios are compared with the current waste management
system. Using MFA/SFA (waste flow, carbon, and nitrogen), a complete view of flow, transformations, and
final waste disposal and substances in modeled scenarios of waste management is realized. Results of this
study suggest that in the future, more activity should be based on the separate collection and recycling,
compared to the current, inadequate MSW management system that is based only on the disposal of waste.
The combination of material and substance flows analyses is an effective tool in the decision-making
process for the development and improvement of MSW management.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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