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The waste management sector of Hungary

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  • Katalin Lipták

    (University of Miskolc)

  • Andrea S. Gubik

    (University of Miskolc)

  • Ágnes Horváth

    (University of Miskolc)

  • Mónika Kis-Orloczki

    (University of Miskolc)

Abstract

Nowadays, the waste management sector faces a number of challenges. Changes in consumer habits generate huge amounts of industrial and household waste. Today’s trends, which involve a higher use of critical raw materials, such as in the manufacture of batteries and solar cells, make it urgent to extract valuable raw materials from waste. The waste sector as a whole, taking into consideration all levels of the waste hierarchy (prevention, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, landfilling), is a significant branch of the national economy, both in terms of employment and income-generating capacity. In addition, the sector can be considered a major intermediary in industrial value chains as it contributes to the generation of secondary raw materials that can be sold to industries and thus help to achieve a circular economy through the collection, treatment and processing of waste.

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  • Katalin Lipták & Andrea S. Gubik & Ágnes Horváth & Mónika Kis-Orloczki, 2021. "The waste management sector of Hungary," Theory Methodology Practice (TMP), Faculty of Economics, University of Miskolc, vol. 17(01), pages 31-42.
    • Handle: RePEc:mic:tmpjrn:v:17:y:2021:i:01:p:31-42
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    1. Aid, Graham & Eklund, Mats & Anderberg, Stefan & Baas, Leenard, 2017. "Expanding roles for the Swedish waste management sector in inter-organizational resource management," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 85-97.
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    Keywords

    waste management sector; circular economy;

    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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