Economic analysis of decentralised composting of biodegradable municipal waste

The issue of biodegradable waste (BMW) is becoming increasingly discussed, and the reasons are several. In addition to EU requirements on reducing landfill of BMW it is a fact, that the landfilling of BMW generates wide range of adverse environmental impacts, plus the material, which after processing can become very good fertilizer, is being removed. The scientific literature is also often mentioned the fact that the processing of BMW to the compost can be financially advantageous than landfilling. In this thesis the method of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is used, to compare two possible ways to set the system of processing BMW - system established at the municipal level (municipal composting plant) and the system establishment with cooperation between the municipality and farmers - ie. a decentralized composting, which involves processing BMW in agricultural composting plant, which has a lower costa (capital and operating) against the system realized by municipalities. Furthermore, in the context of the analysis the impact of subsidies from the Operational Programme Environment (OPE) on the endpoints CBA is examined. Unlike systems implemented at municipal level, in the case of decentalized composting, projects of any type of agricultural composting under specified conditions appear to be acceptable without subsidy from OPE, because their net present value based on CBA positive by the . The introduction of decentralized composting and may, inter alia lead to savings in public funds.