TY - JOUR
TI - Greenhouse gases reduction through waste management in Croatia
AU - Vučinić Aleksandra Anić
AU - Hublin Andrea
AU - Ružinski Nikola
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2010
VL - 14
IS - 3
SP - 681
EP - 691
PT - Article
AB - The climate change policy is one of the key factors in the achievement of  sustainable development in the Republic of Croatia. Control and mitigation of  greenhouse gases is correlated with all economy activities. Waste management  is one of the main tasks of environmental protection in Croatia. The Waste  Management Strategy of the Republic of Croatia and the Waste Management Plan  in the Republic of Croatia define the concept of waste management hierarchy  and direct and indirect measures as criteria for sustainable waste management  establishment. The main constituent of this system is avoiding and minimizing  waste, as well as increasing the recycling and recovery level of waste and  landfill gas, which also represent greenhouse gases mitigation measures. The  Waste Management Plan consists of several direct and indirect measures for  greenhouse gases emission reduction and their implementation also affects the  greenhouse gases emissions. The contribution of the methane emission from  landfills amounts to about 2% of the total greenhouse gases emissions in  Croatia. The climate change control and mitigation measures as an integral  part of waste management sector strategies represent the measures of  achieving the national objectives towards greenhouse gases emission reduction  which Croatia has accepted in the framework of the Kyoto Protocol.