Our research was based on weekly data of waste flows in Kaunas city. The data obtained from Kaunas municipal waste management company (JSC “Kauno švara”) was uti- lized for analyses.
Kaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania, with total area of ca. 157 km2 and 354,000 inhabitants.
Heating energy in Kaunas is mainly produced in a gasfired heat and power plant. The integrated demand of heat energy of the Kaunas Heat and Power Plant is about 1,607
GWh per year [8].
In 2008 Kaunas generated 166,000 t MSW (460 kg/cap/yr). Currently, the main MSW disposal method is landfilling. Hazardous waste and a small part of recyclable materials are transferred for treatment.
Some of the most important problems that are being tackled currently include intensification of household separation and recycling of recyclable fractions from MSW. On the other hand, the current low degree of household separation provides an opportunity to consider MBT as a feasible alternative
for MSW management in smaller towns.