Re-use and job opportunities in central-Europe

Abstract

Increasing demands are shown regarding the reuse of the products - regardless of the countries - by means of differences of living and this is preferred also after the waste prevention based on the waste hierarchy in the Framework Directive of the European Union. These reasons can generate the increasing of the special kind of used item handling/trading work. The whole life-cycle assessment analyses a dynamically developing area (used item collection and trade) from environmental and sociological aspect. The aim of the research was the examination of the illegal activity for many years compared with alternative formalized ideas.