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Trends in the balance and material flows of phosphorus in the Czech Republic.

SYSNO ASEP	0467596
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Ostatní články
Title	Trends in the balance and material flows of phosphorus in the Czech Republic.
Author(s)	Hejzlar, Josef (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Vystavna, Yuliya (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Kopáček, Jiří (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Source Title	Waste Forum. - : České ekologické manažerské centrum - ISSN 1804-0195 Roč. 2016, č. 4 (2016), s. 225-233
Number of pages	9 s.
Publication form	Online - E
Language	eng - English
Country	CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords	phosphorus cycle ; material flow analysis ; nutrient use efficiency ; agricultural
Subject RIV	DJ - Water Pollution ; Quality
R&D Projects	GA15-04034S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	BC-A - RVO:60077344
Annotation	In developed countries, recycling of phosphorus (P) is an important issue as P is a strategic raw material for agriculture and other production sectors. But, P is also causing environmental problems, for example eutrophication of surface waters and change in nutrients balance. Using the methodology of material flow analysis, main flows and stocks of P were quantified in the Czech Republic (CR) during 1961–2010. The P balance in the CR depends on the P import in mineral fertilizers (1 kg/(ca·yr)) and food and feed (1.5 kg/(ca·yr)). Significant P losses to the CR environment represent an untapped potential for recycling. For example, municipal sludge (0.4 kg/(ca·yr)) and bone meal (0.25 kg/(ca·yr)) could replace 70 % of P in applied mineral fertilizers. The CR recycling rate of P (68 % in livestock production, 21 % in food production, 10 % in human consumption) is below the European (EU-27) average. The present CR agricultural production still benefits from soil P reserves resulting from the previous application of high doses of mineral fertilizers prior to the 1990s.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2017

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