Odpady v datech: How much waste does your municipality sort? Help us show it.

For ten years we have been carrying out waste composition analyses and we keep seeing the same thing. In the mixed waste that municipalities pay for, and which is taken to landfills and incinerators, up to 70% is material that could have been sorted. Many municipalities miss their sorting targets, and the rules are getting stricter. By 2030 a municipality is expected to sort 65% of its waste, and recyclable material may no longer go to landfill. Landfill fees are rising in the meantime, and municipalities that landfill their waste will feel it in their budgets. That is why it is time to step back and look at the data. So that municipalities can improve their numbers, we are now giving them a tool.

Odpady v datech is a public overview of waste management in 6,254 municipalities. For each one it shows how it sorts, how much mixed waste it produces and what waste costs it. It compares each municipality with others of a similar size, so you can see where there is still room to improve.

No such overview existed before. There was nothing that would simply show municipalities and their residents how they are doing on waste. Building it took us many hours of work, funded by our partners. To keep the project running and the data up to date, we need help.

Learn more about the project at www.odpadyvdatech.cz

What your gift will support

• Running and maintaining the website, so the data stays available and up to date.
• Adding information to the overview, mainly more accurate data on municipal costs.
• Case studies with comments from municipalities, which put the numbers in context.
• Consultations with municipalities on how to work with the numbers and what they mean.
• Communication, so the data reaches mayors and people in their towns.