The factors affecting Italian provinces’ separate waste-collection rates: An empirical investigation

Romanò, Giulia; Lombardi, Gabriele; Rapposelli, Agnese; Gastaldi, Massimo

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.12.037

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“…This is an interesting finding, since it was obtained in Rome, where waste management performance is unsatisfactory. In particular, there is a need in Rome for both on-site facilities for waste disposal and a significant reduction in the amount of waste delivered outside the region 48 . Finally, the intermediate rating (2.9) recorded for the use of public transportation can be read in several ways: (i) the pandemic may have led many students to reduce their use of very crowded modes of transportation, and (ii) students may have been discouraged from using public transportation due to the poor time reliability.…”

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Sustainable education and youth confidence as pillars of future civil society

Biancardi

Colasante

D’Adamo

2023

Sci Rep

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While sustainability is at the centre of many government agendas, there is a great risk of entrusting strategic decisions to those lacking in sustainability expertise. It is therefore necessary to ensure that universities are the green engines of sustainable communities. The present study administered a questionnaire to students enrolled in a Management Engineering programme at an Italian university, to collect their perceptions of and opinions on sustainability and energy issues. Students completed the questionnaire twice: once prior to beginning and once at the end of term. The results showed that students held more sustainable attitudes at the end of term, and perceived sustainable education and youth confidence as the building blocks of future society. They also observed that decarbonisation of the Italian energy system and national energy independence would require the significant development of renewable systems and interventions to promote energy efficiency. In addition, they recognised subsidies for green production, energy communities, differentiated waste collection and professional skills training as crucial. The sustainable university should support younger generations by encouraging student engagement in real-world projects and the development of long-term, structured teacher–student relationships.

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Sustainable education and youth confidence as pillars of future civil society

Biancardi

Colasante

D’Adamo

2023

Sci Rep

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“…A study for Italy examines the factors influencing GMW collection (Romano et al, 2022). These factors are important environmental performance indicators that largely reflect the efficiency of the waste management system.…”

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“…Two methods are usually used to analyze the problem of municipal waste management -content analysis (Waste-related indicators, 2020;Sanjeevi, Shahabudeen, 2015;Whiteman et al, 2021;Činčalová, S., 2021;Teo et al, 2022) and correlation-regression analysis (Deus et al, 2019;Prymak et al, 2020;Romano et al, 2022). Other methods are used less oftenthe quantum method of non-parametric causality estimation (Guoyan et al, 2022), the financial balance model (Freire-González et al, 2022), etc.…”

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The efficiency of municipal waste management systems in the environmental context in the European Union

Ginevičius¹

2022

Journal of International Studies

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Performance criteria of non-energy materials hold an important place in the system of indicators of the green growth strategy. Management of generated municipal waste and its effectiveness depend to a large extent on the ratio of the amount of incinerated, recycled or composted waste to the amount taken to landfills. This ratio is tied to the level of economic development of the country. The conducted research revealed several regularities in the management of generated municipal waste. As the country's economic conditions improve the amount of generated municipal waste increases while the share sent to landfills decreases, and vice versa ‒ less economically developed European Union countries are characterized by a lower amount of generated waste, but a larger amount of it sent to landfills. Multi-criteria methods were used in order to compare countries according to the efficiency of their municipal waste management system in an environmental context. Such assessment entails combining the components into one summarizing measure and taking into account the impact of these components on the environment at the same time. The ranking of the countries revealed that higher efficiency is found in the more economically developed countries of the European Union even though the amount of municipal waste generated in them is higher too. It also became apparent that as it grew, the efficiency gradually decreased.

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“…Establishing a clear and unambiguous environmental policy through a set of rules can help companies to express their environmental and formal commitment to society. This is important to clarify your intentions and principles related to environmental performance (Amaral et al, 2011;Miroshnychenko et al, 2022;Romano et al, 2022;Kerdlap et al, 2022).…”

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Analysis of the challenges of a private cardboard recycling company to fulfill its mission in the city of Manaus, Amazonas

Cabral

Nascimento-e-Silva²

2022

RSD

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The trade in materials of cellulosic origin, such as paper, cardboard and others, has shown significant growth in many countries, mainly because they are used as packaging coatings and other forms of reuse, fundamentals of reverse logistics. In this sense, this work aimed to analyze the challenges that a private cardboard recycling company faces to fulfill its organizational mission in the city of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas. For this, it followed the steps foreseen in the scientific-technological method. Data were collected through a script of interviews and an observation protocol, organized and analyzed with the help of semantic analysis techniques, identifying central terms of the responses collected by interviews and compared with the observed data; the results were generated with triangulation techniques of the answers obtained with the two instruments and interpreted in a comparative way with the theoretical framework of reference. The results showed that a) the company contributes to environmental preservation through the correct destination of materials and cleaning of public places, b) these contributions are made through obedience to legal procedures, c) its challenges are to have access to all customers industrial and residential areas and make the population aware of the importance of environmental preservation; d) population and governments are the agents that can help overcome these challenges through e) awareness of the importance of sustainability (population) empowering and making the population put sustainability into practice (government). The conclusion shows that, albeit slowly, there is a tendency to increase this desired awareness.

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The factors affecting Italian provinces’ separate waste-collection rates: An empirical investigation

Cited by 31 publications

References 27 publications

Sustainable education and youth confidence as pillars of future civil society

Sustainable education and youth confidence as pillars of future civil society

The efficiency of municipal waste management systems in the environmental context in the European Union

Analysis of the challenges of a private cardboard recycling company to fulfill its mission in the city of Manaus, Amazonas

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