4. ADVICE FROM EXPERTS

Gabor Takács managing director TaGa Mérnöki Kft., Hungary

Advices from the expert:

1. Polystyrene products help protect our planet’s climate, and we build a sustainable future with environmentally conscious buildings.
2. The lightweight concrete additive is a surface-treated expanded polystyrene bead. This admixture is used to produce lightweight concrete with good thermal insulation and adequate strength using cement and water.
3. Waste polystyrene can be collected uneconomically due to its large volume. However, with the increase in energy costs, the value of all raw materials – which can contribute to the energy modernization of buildings – increases significantly. Polystyrene is definitely such a material.

Csaba Patkós institute director Department of Social Geography and Regional Development EKKE

Advices from the expert:

The goal is to be able to process as much of the waste produced by the consumer society as possible, not just to consider it as garbage, but as a secondary raw material and therefore a value, and to transform it into a product again.

Tamás Misik assistant professor Károly Eszterházy Catholic University Department of Environmental Science and Landscape Ecology

Advices from the expert:

1. The share of paper and cardboard waste in municipal waste is constantly increasing. Therefore, all environmentally conscious solutions that aim to turn paper and cardboard into products repeatedly should be supported and followed.
2. Uncontaminated black and white paper waste can be composted together with garden and kitchen green waste, so we have the option of recycling it at the point of origin. With on-site composting, the CO 2 emissions resulting from the transport of waste will be zero.
3. The life cycle of paper products can be significantly extended, as they can be recycled 5-7 times without significant deterioration in quality. Products made from paper and cardboard waste have a very wide range and availability for consumers. All of these can be tangible positive examples for those who are skeptical of selective collection. Let’s set an example by buying such products.