Coastal zone contamination mitigation means

Coastal zone industrial activity as well as settlements development and attractiveness for tourism generate persistent coast waste contamination. Appropriate industrial and domestic waste management and utilization are essential for ensuring reduction of coastal zone environmental pollution. Furthermore, the waste effectively managed close to its source, could be used as a valuable resource for reuse, recycling or recovery of different types of energy. In this paper a review of waste as potential energy resource with the contribution to the reduction of carbon dioxide emission by creating a balance between energy consumption and sustainable use of resources in the Baltic Sea region is presented. Western Lithuania wastes compositions and properties, its moisture, nutrients, heavy metals concentrations, heat of combustion, total and organic carbon rate, and main chemical elements content for comprehensive further operation and environmental impact assessment are investigated. The results of evaluation of current and prospective waste utilization technologies, determined during REMOWE project included in the EU funded Baltic Sea Region Program, are shown.