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Assessment of plastic flows and stocks in Serbia using material flow analysis

Vujić Goran V.
Jovičić Nebojša M.
Babić Milun J.
Stanisavljević Nemanja S.
Batinić Bojan J.
Pavlović Aleksandar R.

Material flow analysis (MFA) was used to assess the amounts of plastic materials flows and stocks that are annually produced, consumed, imported, exported, collected, recycled, and disposed in the landfills in Serbia. The analysis revealed that approximatelly 269,000 tons of plastic materials are directly disposed in uncontrolled landfills in Serbia without any preatretment, and that siginificant amounts of these materials have already accumulated in the landfills. The substantial amounts of landfilled plastics represent not only a loss of valuable recourses, but also pose a seriuos treath to the environment and human health, and if the trend of direct plastic landfilling is continued, Serbia will face with grave consecequnces.

Keywords: plastic, material flow analysis, waste, storage