The selective collection of municipal solid waste and other factors determining cost efficiency. An analysis of service provision by spanish municipalities

Campos-Alba, Cristina María; Garrido-Rodríguez, Juan Carlos; Plata-Díaz, Ana María; Pérez-López, Gemma

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.07.039

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“…Following previous studies in the field (Campos-Alba et al, 2021;Ferraro et al, 2021;Mahabir, 2014;Monkam, 2014), total (net) operating expenditure on services is the main indicator of municipal input. Using operating expenditure has two distinct advantages, namely, that it strengthens the link between spending and chosen measures of output, and since such expenditure results in the immediate provision of services, it avoids the likely bias in efficiency analysis across municipalities that may result from using capital expenditures that are mainly dedicated to long-term projects with fluctuating payment structures (Boetti et al, 2010;Kalb et al, 2012).…”

Section: Measuring Municipal Input and Outputmentioning

confidence: 99%

The efficiency of public expenditures on basic services: The case of South African municipalities

Adedeji Amusa,

Fadiran

2024

South African J Economics

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This paper examines the efficiency of service delivery across 213 local and metropolitan municipalities in South Africa, focusing on four critical areas: electricity, water, sewerage and waste removal. Utilising a order‐ partial frontier efficiency analysis (PFEA), the study calculates output‐oriented efficiency scores for each municipality, incorporating adjustments for service quality based on an ‘infrastructure quality‐index’. Our empirical findings indicate marked variations in efficiency, with electricity services exhibiting the highest efficiency rate at 35%, while waste removal lags behind at 22%. Additionally, municipalities centred around small urban towns are found to be more efficient, challenging the widely held view that larger municipalities are better equipped for efficient service delivery. The analysis offers empirical insights into local government performance in South Africa, underscoring the need for targeted policy interventions to address efficiency gaps. These results not only inform fiscal and administrative decentralisation strategies but also set the groundwork for future research exploring the underlying factors affecting municipal efficiency.

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Section: Measuring Municipal Input and Outputmentioning

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The efficiency of public expenditures on basic services: The case of South African municipalities

Adedeji Amusa,

Fadiran

2024

South African J Economics

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“…The E.U. Waste Directive defines waste as any object or substance the owner throws away, implying that it is useless [19]. However, several schools of thought, such as Steenmans and Malcolm [20], Thomas [21], and Hannon and Zaman [22], have argued against this definition as the value of waste is deemed to be subjective as what is waste to a consumer is a resource to another.…”

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An Investigation of Waste Management Practice in a South African Township: A Case Study of Ekuphumleni Township, Ndlambe Municipality

Adeniran¹,

Motsatsi²,

Mbanga³

et al. 2022

Solid Waste Management - Recent Advances, New Trends and Applications

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Solid waste is a global challenge that is more pronounced in developing countries such as South Africa, where its management is a major concern. The government has recently made a concerted effort to engage the public in sustainable waste management practices to resolve the crisis occasioned by the challenge. This chapter investigates waste management practices in the South African Township of Ekuphumleni and relied on a sample of 353 households to obtain some primary data with a questionnaire on the subject matter. The data collected was analyzed using “R,” and the results were presented using charts, tables, and figures. Data collected revealed that waste paper, cans, used plastics, and bottles were major waste components generated by the respondents and these wastes were generally stored unseparated domestically in plastic bags and home garbage can. Furthermore, the respondent indicated that the municipality does a door-to-door collection of their waste and they were unwilling to pay for waste collection services. While the waste management practice is in tandem with the municipal system, the study recommends that the respondents must be educated on circularity, which will ensure reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering waste and further aid economic empowerment.

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“…Enquanto isso, Park (2018) examinou os fatores que afetam a carga de custo de um cidadão sob a taxa de resíduos com base em volume, todavia limitando a análise à reciclagem. Outro estudo que se limitou aos resíduos recicláveis foi o de Campos-Alba et al (2021), o qual investigou a eficiência de custos obtida pelos serviços de gestão de resíduos, distinguindo-os pelo tipo de resíduo coletado e pelo tamanho do município. O objetivo fundamental foi considerar se os serviços de gestão de resíduos poderiam ser prestados de forma mais eficiente, realizando a coleta seletiva, em vez da abordagem tradicional não seletiva.…”

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Aplicação do activity-based costing na gestão de resíduos sólidos: um estudo de caso

Santos

Leite

Schalch

2022

Eng. Sanit. Ambient.

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RESUMO Embora a taxa de cobertura do serviço regular de coleta da população urbana brasileira fosse de 98,7% em 2020, 17,2 milhões de toneladas de resíduos sólidos foram dispostos inadequadamente e 6,3 milhões de toneladas abandonadas no meio ambiente. Assim, urge a proposição de trabalhos para a adequação da gestão do manejo de resíduos sólidos, com respeito às questões ambientais, sociais e de governança, diante da necessidade de investimentos cada vez maiores. Nesse sentido, o objetivo aqui foi apresentar a aplicação prática do método activity-based costing (ABC) para a sustentabilidade econômico-financeira da prestação de serviços públicos de resíduos sólidos. A natureza deste trabalho é de pesquisa aplicada, e os métodos de procedimento de pesquisa são levantamentos em fontes secundárias e estudo de caso único, com a realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas e observação direta. Verificou-se que o sistema ABC permitiu quantificar as atividades, utilizando direcionadores para alocar os custos indiretos de forma mais próxima à realidade e, assim, apurar a contribuição de cada serviço para o resultado com maior grau de acurácia. Apesar disso, o resultado econômico negativo, que evoluiu de -1,8 para -6,6 milhões de reais em três anos, evidencia que a sustentabilidade da prestação dos serviços de resíduos sólidos ainda é um objetivo a ser perseguido. Concluiu-se que a aplicação dessa metodologia foi decisiva para avaliar a sustentabilidade econômico-financeira da autarquia, possibilitando não só conhecer os reais resultados unitários de cada serviço, como também vislumbrar alternativas que pudessem levar o prestador a um melhor resultado total.

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The selective collection of municipal solid waste and other factors determining cost efficiency. An analysis of service provision by spanish municipalities

Cited by 17 publications

References 84 publications

The efficiency of public expenditures on basic services: The case of South African municipalities

The efficiency of public expenditures on basic services: The case of South African municipalities

An Investigation of Waste Management Practice in a South African Township: A Case Study of Ekuphumleni Township, Ndlambe Municipality

Aplicação do activity-based costing na gestão de resíduos sólidos: um estudo de caso

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