Summary:

Cemetery waste is specific due to its material composition and due to its small quantity (approximately 1,100 tonnes from the 11 cemeteries in Brno in 2009).
It is necessary to know the waste material composition to find the best way of its treatment and utilization. Therefore an advanced analysis of cemetery waste material composition has been carried out.
Samples were analyzed in 2009 and 2010. In 2009 samples were analyzed due its biodegradation and in 2010the analyze was advanced to assessment of combustible and incombustible fractions.
The amount of non-biodegradable fraction of cemetery waste is about
23 %weight that is too much for waste composting. The amount of combustible part of non-biodegradable fraction is about 73 %weight. The combustible part of non-biodegradable fraction consist of plastic and paraffin parts, the incombustible part of non-biodegradable fraction consist of glass and metal parts. Unsorted cemetery waste (including biodegradable fraction that is combustible) consist of 94 %weight combustible parts.