Waste Sorting in the Regions of the Czech Republic
|South Bohemia South Moravian Karlovy Vary Hradec Králové Liberec Moravian-Silesian Olomouc||Pardubice Plzeň Prague Central Bohemia Ústí nad Labem Vysočina Zlín|
In the Region of Plzeň people can sort paper, plastics, glass, beverage cartons, metals and, further, hazardous components of municipal waste, organic waste, bulky waste and WEEE. Collection of colourless glass has been resumed there in recent years.
Various collection methods are used for municipal waste sorting. For instance, the methods of collecting waste in bins/containers and in bags differ each other it their technical aspects.
|14,256||of containers for sorted waste collection in the region|
|129||of citizens per one average* collection centre in the region|
|485||of municipalities in the region involved in the EKO-KOM system|
|43.6||kg of sorted waste (paper, plastics, glass and beverage carton) per citizen and year in the region|
*The average collection centre contains three containers (paper, plastic and composite glass)