Analysis of waste management situation in the Republic of Moldova - comparison of rural and urban areas

Bc. Kateřina Procházková

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The existing waste management system in the Republic of Moldova is still in a developing stage and it faces some serious problems. Therefore, this research has been conducted and it focused on examination of waste management operations and functions in Moldovan rural and urban areas. It was studied from the legal perspective but it also described challenges connected to the Moldovan waste management issues such as unauthorized landfills, illegal dumps or insufficient public services. However, the main focus was given to comparison of waste management features between Moldovan urban and rural areas. For the purpose of comparison between such urban and rural areas, a questionnaire survey about waste management characterization was run in the capital city Chisinau and a rural village Vorniceni in comparison. There were 98 respondents of this quantitative research in total. Likewise, an interview with Vorniceni mayor took place in order to clarify the situation and future direction of waste management in the village. All data were sorted and subsequently analysed in statistical program SPSS. The survey results show substantial differences between waste management in Chisinau and Vorniceni. Even though the capital city has functional public service for waste collection, there are still issues regarding waste sorting. On the other hand, and how the interview indicated, Moldovan rural areas often suffer from lack of any waste management at all. Specifically, Vorniceni has currently no public service of waste management, village residents rely on their own waste transport to nearby dumps and there are no possibilities of waste sorting and recycling.

Keywords

solid waste, sorting, recycling, landfill, Chisinau

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 26. 4. 2018

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Tatiana Ivanova, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Master programme / odbor:
Tropical Agriculture / Sustainable Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics