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 gas- fired 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 sepa- ration and recycling of recyclable fractions from MSW. On the other hand, the current low degree of household separa-
tion provides an opportunity to consider MBT as a feasible alternative
for MSW management in smaller towns.