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CASE STUDY 1: Press Containers in Dąbrowa Górnicza City
Increased waste production is a huge challenge for local governments, which are responsible for waste management. Not only is the quantity of recycling important, but also the purity of the raw material obtained, the logistics and the storage of the collected waste. Therefore, looking for new solutions and investing them now may turn out to be an ideal support for the entire waste management process in the near future.
At the end of 2020, a pilot programme was carried out in Dąbrowa Górnicza to equip the local PSZOK (Selective Waste Collection Point) with a press container for the collection of paper and cardboard. What is a press container? It is a device that combines storage (container) and mechanical (press) functions. In this case, the waste is thrown into the baling chamber through the chute, and then the hydraulic system - or any other system that allows crushing – compacts the material collected in the chamber.
The biggest challenge was to convince people to accept the project and to popularise it among the residents. Thanks to the information campaign, more and more people began to use the press container, which directly contributed to:
- obtaining a larger amount of good quality raw material – the collected paper and cardboard, thanks to the closed form of the press container, are not exposed to weather conditions,
- limiting the number of containers standing in one place for collecting paper and cardboard – thanks to waste compaction, one container holds more waste than a standard container,
- limiting the number of journeys of waste collection vehicles to an average of one journey per month, while increasing the weight of the raw material obtained (on average 1.2 tons of paper and cardboard per journey).
Thanks to the implementation of the pilot programme and the achieved effects, a total of three press containers are currently installed in Dąbrowa Górnicza, which support waste management in the commune.
