Determination of methane emissions from landfills in Slovakia:
Emissions from the waste sector do not have a significant impact on total emissions. Emission projections are estimated using a simple methodology.
Determination of methane emissions from landfills in Slovakia: Emissions from the waste sector do not have a significant impact on total emissions. Emission projections are estimated using a simple methodology.
The Department of Emissions and Biofuels contracted a new expert for the calculation of emissions from landfills in Slovakia. After an initial discussion with the expert on the topic, in April 2021 he introduced new methodological approaches for determining the final parameters of landfilling in Slovakia and specified the calculation of methane to current values(more in the Item “Emissions”). Slovakia is characterized by a higher number of small landfills; a total of 686 landfills were permitted in Slovakia in 1992. After the adoption of the first Waste Act (1991) and subsequently the second Waste Act (2001), their number dropped to about 106 plants (2010). About 90 were used mainly for municipal waste. Despite the legal determination of the balance, it is necessary to determine the number of parameters associated with the operation of landfills, as well as the composition of waste. For many parameters, no statistical registers or surveys are kept and the expert also had to rely on information from scientific studies or neighbouring countries.