A methodology for optimal MSW management, with an application in the waste transportation of Attica Region, Greece

Economopoulou, Maria A.; Economopoulou, Alexia A.; Economopoulos, Alexander P.

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2013.06.016

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“…This is because the characteristics of this market are compatible with limited management at a territorial level. The purpose is to limit as much as possible the movement of waste to different areas because the transport of waste is correlated with environmental costs and economic costs [30]. Independent of the case study of this paper, the results are hypothetically extendable to any country.…”

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Market Structure of Urban Waste Treatment and Disposal: Empirical Evidence from the Italian Industry

Foggia

Beccarello

2021

Sustainability

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In light of the organizational dynamics of services of economic interest, the regulation of municipal solid waste management is a critical issue to deal with so as to achieve sustainability goals in the coming decades. The European circular economy targets limit the share of municipal waste in landfills to a maximum of 10% by 2035. Consequently, waste-to-energy plants may temporarily become the primary option for residual unsorted waste. The municipal waste management chain comprises two consequential stages: collection and transport, and the treatment and disposal stage, which characterizes as an oligopolistic market structure. After defining the relevant market and calculating market concentration measures, we analyze market power in the treatment and disposal of non-recyclable mixed waste, also known as residual waste. Our analyses are based on empirical data using well-known market concentration indices such as the Herfindahl–Hirschman index and concentration ratios. We report the results of three different market concentration scenarios based on alternative geographic and product market definitions. Considering only waste-to-energy as a product market, we present a situation of moderate concentration, typically involving the attention of competition authorities. On the contrary, considering both options as a single product market, no relevant evidence emerges due to the significant share of waste sent to landfills in 2019, i.e., 20.1% of the total municipal solid waste generated in Italy. Implications for future studies consist of new detailed information on the municipal waste treatment market structure in one of the leading European countries that may prompt comparative studies. Policy implications are derived from the possibility of taking cues from this paper to envisage appropriate regulatory models for an evolving sector in which market spaces are increasing.

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Market Structure of Urban Waste Treatment and Disposal: Empirical Evidence from the Italian Industry

Foggia

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2021

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“…Economopoulos in 2010 suggested a methodology for developing strategic municipal solid waste management plans. Chalkias and Lasaridi already since 2011 stressed the benefits from GIS-based modelling for MSW management, while Economopoulou et al (2013), discussed about a system capable of formulating alternative MSW management plans meeting certain constraints set by local communities and authorities. In 2015 Lasaridi et al presented the design, development and main features of a web-based tool capable of enabling local authorities to select and implement the optimum MSW strategies considering their local conditions and to prepare their local municipal waste plans.…”

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Sustainable metropolitan areas perspectives through assessment of the existing waste management strategies

Vardopoulos

Konstantopoulos

Zorpas

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Finally, the locations of waste landfill site and recycling plants should be arranged reasonably so as to shorten the transport distance (Coelho and de Brito, 2013;E. Dosal, 2013;Feo and Gisi, 2014) while a standardized C&D waste transportation is necessary to improve the coordination among different transport management departments (Economopoulou et al, 2013;.…”

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An agent based environmental impact assessment of building demolition waste management: Conventional versus green management

Ding

Wang

Zou

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

123

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Waste materials generated from building demolition have become a great challenge to sustainable urban development due to its consumption of the limited landfill spaces, water pollution, energy consumption and harmful gas emissions. Proper management of demolition waste (DW) is a complex process and requires systematic thinking and analysis. Many methods have been proposed to study the environmental impact assessment of demolition waste management (DWM). However, it is found that the currently available studies pay little attention from the perspective of complex adaptive system (CAS) to consider the attitude and interaction of the heterogeneous stakeholders as well as the importance of green DWM which has a great influence on the effectiveness of DW management. The aim of this research is to simulate and explore how the change of attitude and the dynamic interaction among heterogeneous stakeholders can influence the environmental performance of DWM. To achieve this aim, a model for evaluating the environmental impact of DWM was developed by using an agent-based modeling (ABM) approach. The main factors considered in the model are the ratio of green deconstruction (i.e., building deconstruction) managers vs. conventional demolition (i.e. building destruction) managers, the ratio of green design managers (i.e. design for deconstruction) vs. conventional design managers, and the interaction behavior of heterogeneous stakeholders following the herd theory. In the model, the environmental impact assessment was quantified into four categories i.e. land resources, water resources, air resource and energy resources. The proposed model is demonstrated by using the data drawn from the Chinese construction industry. The results reveal that if the deconstruction method and the deconstruction oriented design are widely adopted by architects and engineers, the negative environmental impacts generated by DW can be reduced by at least 50%. Furthermore, the results provide valuable information for government departments to make decisions on how to improve environmental performance of DWM.

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A methodology for optimal MSW management, with an application in the waste transportation of Attica Region, Greece

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Market Structure of Urban Waste Treatment and Disposal: Empirical Evidence from the Italian Industry

Market Structure of Urban Waste Treatment and Disposal: Empirical Evidence from the Italian Industry

Sustainable metropolitan areas perspectives through assessment of the existing waste management strategies

An agent based environmental impact assessment of building demolition waste management: Conventional versus green management

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