Waste fires in Poland and some of Their Environmental Implications – A Ten-Year Perspective

• Autorzy: Bihałowicz Jan Stefan

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/154060

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Economic growth and development are connected with the increase in consumption. One of the side effects of progress is waste production. Sustainable development would also include proper management of waste, focusing on their recycling. However, the direct costs of recycling sometimes exceed the costs of waste storage. Therefore, waste storage in landfills is still widespread. Improper waste storage or deliberate actions can lead to waste fires. In the work, the statistics of landfill fires from the years 2012 to 2021 were analyzed. The work includes statistics of the parameters of fires reported in the reports of Polish State Fire Services. Additionally, the usage of the resources and materials for firefighting and their trends were discussed. It was shown that resources required for extinguishing waste fires were increasing in this period. The statistics are accompanied by spatiotemporal analyses of the location of fires based on Corine Land Cover which showed that approximately half of the fires are on arable land and non-continuous urban fabric while fires at dumpsites are relatively rare. The important concern is also that around 10% of very big waste fires are in forests. All these analyses lead to the assessment of some environmental impacts which are caused by waste fires.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

waste fire; environmental assessment; statistics; GIS analysis; land cover; wastewater; public health

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 23, nr 11
• Strony: 147--157
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 50 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Bihałowicz Jan Stefan

• Institute of Safety Engineering, The Main School of Fire Service, ul. Słowackiego 52/54, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-5315

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).