Influence of environmental policies on waste treatment

Martí, Luisa; Puertas, Rosa

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.03.009

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“…Lastly, based on the ranking obtained, contingency tables are used to analyse the possible connection between the ranking of the territories and certain socioeconomic characteristics that could, a priori, be expected to play a key role in the position held. Since they have proved very useful for examining the associations between factors, contingency tables have recently attracted interest in a wide variety of areas including the circular economy (Virlanuta et al, 2020; Marti & Puertas, 2021), the energy sector (Marti & Puertas, 2022), food safety (Marti et al, 2021), climate change (Puertas & Marti, 2021), and even education (Aleixo & Azeiteiro, 2019).…”

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Regional analysis of the sustainable development of two Mediterranean countries: Spain and Italy

Puertas

Martí

2022

Sustainable Development

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require the implementation of 167 targets aimed at eradicating poverty, protecting the planet and improving the quality of life of humankind. The United Nations calls for uniform sustainable development at the global, local and individual levels. This research pursues a twofold objective: first, to obtain evidence on the extent to which the achievement of the (SDGs) may be uniform across territories; second, to identify the socioeconomic characteristics that contribute to sustainable development. The empirical analysis has been carried out using clustering, cross efficiency and contingency tables applied to statistical information from 101 municipalities in Spain and Italy. The results provide evidence of inequalities between territories, revealing that only in the dimensions People (SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) and Prosperity (SDGs 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11) has the desired homogeneity been attained. Notable differences are found in the degree of compliance with the other SDGs. Furthermore, it is shown that the socioeconomic characteristics associated with the geographical location contribute substantially to the gap between municipalities. In order to ensure countries' sustainable development, there is a need for environmental policies adapted to the specific features of each region.

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Regional analysis of the sustainable development of two Mediterranean countries: Spain and Italy

Puertas

Martí

2022

Sustainable Development

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“…On this subject, a detailed study on the influence of environmental policies on waste treatment in 41 OECD and/or EU countries [10] and a measurement of the environmental performance in the treatment of MSW in EU-28 [11] have been conducted in order to assess the effectiveness of such policies and identify the most sustainable practices that could be successfully implemented. MSW can, in fact, be considered either as an opportunity, being a significant source of raw materials/energy, or as a threat, a cause of pollution, if not properly managed [12].…”

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The Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste and the Sustainability of the Related Transportation Activities

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The management of municipal solid waste is a crucial issue to address as we move toward the decarbonization of urban contexts. Not by chance, this sector plays a relevant role in the Covenant of Mayors program, whereby municipalities are called to design their own Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SECAPs). However, despite new regulations strongly pushing the recycling and reuse of materials contained in municipal waste, many cities still use large landfills. As part of the overall environmental pressure exerted by these urban systems, the transport of waste from collection points to landfills or treatment facilities must be considered in order to correctly assess the full environmental burden of waste management. To this aim, in this paper, the Ecological Footprint method is applied to the municipal solid waste management system of the city of Palermo (Sicily). The results show that the impacts produced by the means of transport used, both in the status quo and in the assumed enhanced scenario (with less municipal waste disposed to landfills in favor of recycling), are significant compared to those caused by the other segments of the waste management system. The concept of a “saved footprint” is also introduced here, in order to properly compare the two scenarios.

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“…For example, Shen et al (2019) analyzed different types of environmental regulations and their heterogeneous effects on environmental total factor productivity. Marti and Puertas (2021) studied the impact of environmental policies on waste disposal. Although scholars have analyzed the public perception of environmental issues, Zhang et al (2019) studied the public’s perception of haze during haze weather and how public environmental perception promotes the implementation of environmental policies.…”

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The dynamic evolution of collaborative networks in sustainable development: Untying impact of environmental policy in China using network-based text analysis approach

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Duan³

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Front. Psychol.

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As one of the key subjects of multi-center governance of environmental concerns, public perception is crucial in forming and implementing environmental policy. Based on data science research theory and the original theory of public perception, this study proposes a research framework to analyze environmental policy through network text analysis. The primary contents are bidirectional encoder representation from transformers-convolution neural network (BERT-CNN) sentiment tendency analysis, word frequency characteristic analysis, and semantic network analysis. The realism of the suggested framework is demonstrated by using the waste classification policy as an example. The findings indicate a substantial relationship between perceived subject participation and policy pilot areas and that perceived subject participation is repeating. On this premise, specific recommendations are made to encourage policy implementation.

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Influence of environmental policies on waste treatment

Cited by 23 publications

References 43 publications

Regional analysis of the sustainable development of two Mediterranean countries: Spain and Italy

Regional analysis of the sustainable development of two Mediterranean countries: Spain and Italy

The Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste and the Sustainability of the Related Transportation Activities

The dynamic evolution of collaborative networks in sustainable development: Untying impact of environmental policy in China using network-based text analysis approach

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