TY - JOUR AU - Getzova, Viktoriya AU - Berberova, Ralitza PY - 2021/11/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Survey of the Use of the System for Separate Collection of Household Waste from Packaging in the Municipality of Stara Zagora JF - Annual of Natural Sciences Department JA - ANSD VL - 6 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.33919/ansd.20-21.6.3 UR - https://ojs.nbu.bg/index.php/ANSD/article/view/542 SP - 23-35 AB - <p>Separate waste collection and recycling are at the basis of today’s waste<br>management. This helps the reduction of landfilled waste, which aims to reduce soil, water, and air<br>pollution, on the one hand, and to cut down on the depletion of resources for new production, on the<br>other. A large portion of household waste comes from the so-called “widespread waste”, which<br>includes packaging waste. Legislation at European and national levels sets specific goals to<br>overcome this problem. Separate waste collection is carried out by municipalities via waste<br>recycling companies, which set up and operate systems for separate collection. Citizens are at the<br>heart of the efficient functioning of these systems. A separate waste collection system of this kind<br>has been established in the municipality of Stara Zagora in Bulgaria. The objective of this paper is<br>to present the results of a questionnaire survey of the system’s users to establish their awareness and<br>attitudes regarding the process of separate waste collection. The results can be used to improve the<br>system.</p> ER -