Environmental legislation and waste management efficiency in Italian regions in view of circular economy goals

Agovino, Massimiliano; Cerciello, Massimiliano; Javed, Aamir; Rapposelli, Agnese

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2023.101675

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“…Factors are grouped into three categories, according to the nature of the factors considered. Morpho-demographic factors Socio-economic factors Technical factors Altimetry 25 , 35 , 60 , 70 Per capita income and total income 25 , 71 , 72 Road length and city size 25 , 50 Population served and population density 15 , 50 , 53 , 56 , 60 , 73 – 75 Population seniority 53 Collection method 56 Geographical location 71 , 75 , 76 Corruption institution quality and criminal activities 35 , 72 , 76 – 80 Load capacity and vehicle usage 56 , 81 Household characteristics 25 , 56 Population education 73 Tourist and non-residence presence 25 , 56 , 81 …”

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Viable eco-efficiency targets for waste collection communities

Daraio,

Di Leo,

Simar

2024

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Waste management is crucial for advancing the circular economy, and Italy has begun to address this issue by organizing municipalities into collaborative communities of municipalities, named ATOs. In this paper, we propose a quantitative approach based on conditional efficiency analysis to estimate viable eco-efficiency targets for these waste collection communities. The proposed targets are both eco-efficient, because they reflect optimal resource allocation within the eco-efficiency framework, and viable, because they consider the unique specificities of each waste community. The methodology determines a pathway or direction for municipalities to reach the eco-efficiency frontier based on specific external factors, ensuring that each municipality is benchmarked against others with similar contexts within the same community. Our analysis focuses on 89 Italian municipalities within the ATO “Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale” in 2021, revealing that size and economic development significantly contributed to viable eco-efficiency within the community during this period. The proposed approach is general and flexible and can be applied to other municipalities in Italy or across Europe. It can also be extended to meso (regional) or macro (country) levels of analysis.

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