Modelling IMSWMS has a complex nature with a
range of important dimensions such as multiplicity of the
types of waste generated in the communities, complex
spatial pattern of waste arising, the necessity to transport
waste long distances for processing, a variety of
emissions from waste collection, transporting and
treatment to the environment, and the almost
unpredictable and localised character of impacts of these
emissions on humans and ecosystems. And although
there have been attempts to analyse the IMSWMS of the
Czech Republic taking into account environmental
impacts of processes under study, most of them have not
formed a holistic method for analysing all spatial,
temporal as well as qualitative aspects of the problem.
Therefore, the aim of the paper is to introduce a new
methodological background for IMSWMS modelling of
the Czech Republic, taking into account spatio-temporal
patterns of waste generation and processing,
environmental as well as economic impacts of the
system development with a particular emphasis on
public health and biodiversity.
In modelling the IMWMS of the Czech Republic, we
started from the models available in literature. Since the
early 1990s, a number of IMWMS have been developed,
which were based on Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), i.e.
materials and energy balances, see [11], [13] and Fig. 1.