The effects of pricing waste generation: A synthetic control approach

Bueno, Matheus; Valente, Marica

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2019.06.004

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“…For this reason, from the beginning, the implementation of the DSD program in BW involved stakeholders from public and private sectors in the framework of public-private partnerships to provide this service on their behalf ( Bueno and Valente, 2019 ). The state provided waste collection and processing services for green bins, distributed to each household for individual collection of the light portion of packaging waste, while the private companies provided environmental services to business enterprises.…”

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Reforming MSWM in Sukunan (Yogjakarta, Indonesia): A case-study of applying a zero-waste approach based on circular economy paradigm

Kurniawan

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Singh

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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Over the past years, Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, has confronted environmental problems due to uncontrolled generation of municipal solid waste (MSW). While the integrated solid waste management (ISWM) represents a critical strategy for Indonesia to control its production, it is also recognized that economic approaches also need to be promoted to address the waste problem concertedly. In this case study, empirical approaches are developed to understand how a volume-based waste fee could be incorporated into MSW collection services and how to apply a zero-waste approach in Indonesia by adapting resource recovery initiatives, adapted from Germany’s mature experiences in integrating the CE paradigm into the latter’s MSWM practices. Currently, Sukunan village (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) promotes waste reduction at sources in the framework of community-based solid waste management (CBSWM) by mobilizing the local community for waste separation (organic and non-organic) and waste recycling. As a result, about 0.2 million Mt of CO 2-eq emissions was avoided annually from local landfills. The economic benefits of recycling activities by the village’s community also resulted in 30% reduction of the waste generated. This CBSWM scheme not only saves the government budget on waste collection, transport and disposal, but also extends the lifetime of local landfills as the final disposal sites. By integrating the CE paradigm into its MSWM practices through the implementation of economic instruments and adherence to the rule of law in the same way as Germany does, Indonesia could make positive changes to its environmental policy and regulation of MSW. A sound MSWM in Indonesia could play important roles in promoting the effectiveness of urban development with resource recovery approaches to facilitate its transition towards a CE nationwide in the long-term.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reforming MSWM in Sukunan (Yogjakarta, Indonesia): A case-study of applying a zero-waste approach based on circular economy paradigm

Kurniawan

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Singh

et al. 2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…As a result, the rectangle below the MSC curve has an area of 0.38 * 26.33 = $9.89 for a representative household in this treatment. To calculate household waste-reduction costs (the areas below the demand curves), we again turn to Bueno and Valente (2019) to first calculate the fee increase that, if applied in all post-intervention periods, would produce a total effect equal to 26.33 kg/household. This increase is about 9.5 cents/kg.…”

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“…because of acceptance concerns. Additionally, there is some worry that higher prices per unit will lead to increased dumping of waste (Fullerton and Kinnaman, 1996;Heller and Vatn, 2017) or leakage to unregulated areas ('waste tourism'; see e.g., Bucciol et al, 2015), though the weight of the empirical evidence suggests such perverse effects on disposal are small to nonexistent (Allers and Hoeben, 2010;Carattini et al, 2018;Bueno and Valente, 2019;Erhardt, 2019;Valente, 2020). Nevertheless, non-price policies may prove more readily implementable than further increases in the per-unit price facing households.…”

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“…More recently, several studies have used a regression difference-in-differences approach with unit (e.g., municipality) fixed effects (Allers and Hoeben, 2010;Usui and Takeuchi, 2014;Bucciol et al, 2015;Dijkgraaf and Gradus, 2017;Carattini et al, 2018). Bueno and Valente (2019), arguably the current 'state of the art' in the UBP literature, uses a synthetic-control strategy that appears to better model unobserved heterogeneity than fixed-effects approaches do. Finally, some studies have also used complementary IV approaches to control for endogenous policy (Kinnaman and Fullerton, 2000;Allers and Hoeben, 2010;Huang et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Norm-Based Feedback on Household Waste: Large-Scale Field Experiments in Two Swedish Municipalities

Ek¹

2021

SSRN Journal

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We conduct separate randomized controlled trials of norm-based feedback nudges on household waste in two municipalities in western Sweden. Our main treatment presents recipients with accurate, household-specific feedback highly similar to the standard Home Energy Report design, but with residual (unsorted) waste as the object of comparison. We also test a novel 'dynamic' norm design informed by psychological research. Post-experimental reductions are on the order of 7-12% in both municipalities, substantially larger than in most previous studies. We estimate that the reduction corresponds to a 30-60% increase in unit-based waste fees. Effect differences between our main treatment and the dynamicnorm treatment are not significant. We find that feedback nudges are highly cost-effective compared to alternative means for reducing household residual waste. However, net social benefits depend on whether existing waste fees internalize the marginal social cost of residual waste. Our results have implications for the usefulness of feedback interventions as well as for unit-based pricing of waste, on which our feedback materials rely.

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“…Uzależnianie opłat od liczby zużywanych worków (pojemników) i ich pojemności może prowadzić do wyrzucania śmieci na "dzikie wysypiska", a w najlepszym razie do ulicznych koszy na śmieci. Należy jednak zaznaczyć, że istnieją opinie, iż takie postępowanie stymuluje zachowania proekologiczne [Carattini, Baranzini, Lalive 2018;Bueno, Valente 2019].…”

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Siekierski²

2020

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Autorzy artykułu uważają, że: należy zrezygnować ze zbyt skomplikowanych metod ustalania stawek opłaty za gospodarowanie odpadami komunalnymi, przyjętych w ustawie o utrzymaniu czystości i porządku w gminach; najprostszym i najbardziej sprawiedliwym byłoby wprowadzenie jednej opłaty od każdej osoby, deklarującej miejsce zamieszkania na terenie Polski, a ww. opłatę można powiązać np. z podatkiem dochodowym. Takie rozwiązanie zlikwidowałoby spory, dotyczące tego, kto gdzie mieszka, ile ma nieruchomości oraz co oznaczają takie pojęcia jak: zamieszkują mieszkańcy czy domek letniskowy; kto i ile wody zużywa oraz jak to szacować; jak ustalać powierzchnie lokali. Na przykładzie Warszawy wykazano, że obowiązujący od dnia 01.03.2020 r. system gospodarowania odpadami komunalnymi, determinowany ustawą o utrzymaniu czystości i porządku w gminach jest mało precyzyjny – w wielu sytuacjach nie wiadomo jak naliczać opłaty; jest krzywdzący dla jednoosobowych gospodarstw domowych, których znaczącą liczbę stanowią emeryci i renciści.

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The effects of pricing waste generation: A synthetic control approach

Cited by 55 publications

References 63 publications

Reforming MSWM in Sukunan (Yogjakarta, Indonesia): A case-study of applying a zero-waste approach based on circular economy paradigm

Reforming MSWM in Sukunan (Yogjakarta, Indonesia): A case-study of applying a zero-waste approach based on circular economy paradigm

Norm-Based Feedback on Household Waste: Large-Scale Field Experiments in Two Swedish Municipalities

Zmiany w systemie gospodarki odpadami komunalnymi – aspekty prawne i ekonomiczne na przykładzie m.st. Warszawy

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