Wasteful waste-reducing policies? The impact of waste reduction policy instruments on collection and processing costs of municipal solid waste

Jaeger, Simon De; Eyckmans, Johan; Rogge, Nicky; Puyenbroeck, Tom Van

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2011.02.021

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“…On the other hand, if the EPR principle was to be strictly followed, perhaps the transfers should increase. However, there is no indication about the cost-efficiency of waste management operators (De Jaeger et al 2011). In fact, it could be the case that operators are "dislocating" mixed waste management costs, expecting more funding from the industry.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Packaging waste recycling in Europe: Is the industry paying for it?

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This paper describes and examines the schemes established in five EU countries for the recycling of packaging waste. The changes in packaging waste management were mainly implemented since the Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste entered into force. The analysis of the five systems allowed the authors to identify very different approaches to cope with the same problem: meet the recovery and recycling targets imposed by EU law. Packaging waste is a responsibility of the industry. However, local governments are generally in charge of waste management, particularly in countries with Green Dot schemes or similar extended producer responsibility systems. This leads to the need of establishing a system of financial transfers between the industry and the local governments (particularly regarding the extra costs involved with selective collection and sorting). Using the same methodological approach, the authors also compare the costs and benefits of recycling from the perspective of local public authorities for France, Portugal and Romania. Since the purpose of the current paper is to take note of who is paying for the incremental costs of recycling and whether the industry (i.e. the consumer) is paying for the net financial costs of packaging waste management, environmental impacts are not included in the analysis. The work carried out in this paper highlights some aspects that are prone to be improved and raises several questions that will require further research. In the three countries analyzed more closely in this paper the industry is not paying the net financial cost of packaging waste management. In fact, if the savings attained by diverting packaging waste from other treatment (e.g. landfilling) and the public subsidies to the investment on the "recycling system" are not considered, it seems that the industry should increase the financial support to local authorities (by 125% in France, 50%in Portugal and 170% in Romania). However, in France and Portugal the industry is paying local authorities more than just the incremental costs of recycling (full costs of selective collection and sorting minus the avoided costs). To provide a more definitive judgment on the fairness of the systems it will be necessary to assess the cost efficiency of waste management operators (and judge whether operators are claiming costs or eliciting "prices").

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“…Local authorities must be efficient in order to reduce the household packaging waste management costs (De Jaeger et al 2011). Arguably, both the SPV and Eco-Emballages financial models used in 2010 were set up to encourage the efficiency of the local authorities.…”

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Packaging waste recycling in Europe: Is the industry paying for it?

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“…In addition to the focus of preceding studies, they also studied related demographic information, such as age composition of the population, political preferences, income etc. De Jaeger et al [16] had previously used the same dataset to investigate the influence of policies (such as weekly instead of bi-weekly collections, municipal joint ventures, and policies that aim to reduce waste generation). Another application of DEA on Spanish waste collection was conducted by García-Sanchez [17].…”

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Big Data GIS Analytics Towards Efficient Waste Management in Stockholm

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Advances in Computer Science Research

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Abstract-This paper presents preliminary findings from a big data analysis and GIS to identify the efficiency of waste management and transportation in the City of Stockholm.The aim of this paper is to identify inefficiencies in waste collection routes in the city of Stockholm, and to suggest potential improvements. Based on a large data set consisting of roughly half a million entries of waste fractions, weights, and locations, a series of new waste generation maps was developed. This was the outcome of an extensive data curation process, followed by batch geocoding of the curated entries. Thereafter, the maps were generated that describe what waste fraction comes from where and how it is collected. Finally, a preliminary analysis of the route efficiency was conducted. Maps of selected vehicle routes were constructed in detail and the efficiencies of the routes for the first half of July 2013 were assessed using the efficiency index (kg waste/km). It is concluded that substantial inefficiencies were revealed, and a number of intervention measures are discussed to increase the efficiency of waste management, including a shared waste collection vehicle fleet.

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“…An example of dependence on waste collection and disposal on local policies is described in Ref. [30]. Market modelling and gate-fee prediction thus represent a tricky task.…”

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confidence: 99%