Empirical analysis of solid management waste costs: Some evidence from Galicia, Spain

Bel, Germà; Fageda, Xavier

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.07.015

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“…The result is also consistent with some previous observations (Callan and Thomas, 2001;Bel and Fageda, 2010). Furthermore, by comparing the absolute values of the coefficient estimators between the incinerator and recycling of the final decision model, we observed that the impact of the incineration is around twice as great as that of the recycling for the total cost, and 4 times, for the average cost.…”

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“…Furthermore, Callan and Thomas (2001) derived an in-depth financial cost modeling system for the MSW service regarding landfilling and recycling. In addition, focusing on the cost-effectiveness of the public-monopoly recycling, Bel and Fageda (2010) also analyzed the cost structure of MSW services in Galicia, Spain by using the multivariate regression approach.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost–benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan

Weng

Fujiwara

2011

Waste Management

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confidence: 92%

Section: Recent Developments Of Financial Msw Cost Functionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost–benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan

Weng

Fujiwara

2011

Waste Management

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“…In recent decades, numerous studies have focused on how to achieve greater efficiency in the provision of public services (Boyne 1996; Hodge 2000; Bel et al . 2010; among others).…”

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Reducing Costs in Times of Crisis: Delivery Forms in Small and Medium Sized Local Governments' Waste Management Services

Gómez

Prior

Plata-Díaz

et al. 2012

Public Administration

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The current economic crisis is increasingly affecting the public sector, requiring stricter control of deficits, and local administrations are not exempt from these requirements. Therefore, it is essential to consider management forms that may produce cost savings in the provision of public services. In this article we propose an evaluation of municipal waste collection and disposal services to determine whether single/joint or public/private municipal service provision, together with other factors including quality, political aspects, and the socio‐economic environment, most contribute to reducing costs. The results obtained for the period 2002–08 show that joint management (inter‐municipal cooperation) and public management (in relation to single and private management systems, respectively) have a greater effect on reducing the costs of this service. Thus, small and medium‐sized local authorities can identify formulas for reducing costs and thus be in a better position to overcome the economic crisis.

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“…Empirical literature explaining variables that influence solid waste operating cost dates back to mid-1960s [12]. In econometric modeling of MSW collection systems, there is the need to specify a cost function and a method for estimating the parameters, for e.g.…”

Section: Specification Of Variable Cost Functionmentioning

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“…The functional forms of the estimation methods include the linear, trans-log and log-linear models. Past studies show that the loglinear and trans-log functional forms have been more popular in modeling the cost of MSW management [12], [14]. Because the trans-log functional form requires a large sample size [15], the log-linear functional form, as presented in (1), was used in the study.…”

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Cost drivers and functions for municipal solid waste collection systems in Ghana

Sulemana

Donkor

Oduro–Kwarteng

2018

IJET

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The collection of municipal solid waste accounts for 60% to 80% of total management cost. This study determined the factors driving operating cost and developed cost functions for municipal solid waste collection systems in Ghana. Data on cost variables from seventy systems were used to estimate the parameters of log-linear cost functions. Results from the study led to the conclusion that quantity of waste collected, fuel consumed and distance travelled increase significantly and explain about 63.0% of the variation in operating cost. The amount of fuel consumed and quantity of waste collected varied significantly and explained about 67.4% of the variation in operating cost of systems from low waste generating sources. For high waste generating sources, the distance travelled, fuel consumed and quantity of waste collected significantly and better explained (85.4%) the variation in operating cost. This can be attributed to the fact that such systems are from places with better facilities. The cost function for high waste generating sources can comparatively better aid decision making in terms of operations, management, investment and policy actions. Cost-effective solid waste collection schemes should therefore consider efficient management of fuel consumed, quantity of waste generated and distance travelled.

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Empirical analysis of solid management waste costs: Some evidence from Galicia, Spain

Cited by 85 publications

References 23 publications

Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost–benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan

Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost–benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan

Reducing Costs in Times of Crisis: Delivery Forms in Small and Medium Sized Local Governments' Waste Management Services

Cost drivers and functions for municipal solid waste collection systems in Ghana

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