Measuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: The case of the European Union-28

This paper proposes a measure of environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste, which is defined as a ratio between a composite indicator of waste treated through environmentally desirable operations –recycling and recovery in our case study– and a composite indicator of waste...

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Autores principales:	Ana-María Ríos, Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	C10 C22 C61 Q53 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:73bd144cd3fb4a75979daadd5b3492172021-12-01T04:42:53ZMeasuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: The case of the European Union-281470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107328https://doaj.org/article/73bd144cd3fb4a75979daadd5b3492172021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X2031270Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XThis paper proposes a measure of environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste, which is defined as a ratio between a composite indicator of waste treated through environmentally desirable operations –recycling and recovery in our case study– and a composite indicator of waste treated through undesirable operations –landfill and incineration. Moreover, it contributes both overall and treatment-specific indicators of performance. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) techniques are used to compute the environmental performance indicators and they are illustrated with an empirical assessment of the environmental performance of the European Union-28 (EU-28) members in their treatment of municipal waste, with data for the year 2017. Our results point to a worryingly low average level of performance, with the best performers being mainly Nordic and Central European countries such as Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Finland and Denmark; at the opposite end of the spectrum, environmental performance in the treatment of waste is particularly low in most of the Eastern European countries that joined the EU-28 from the 2000s, and some Southern member states. The determinants of performance are also investigated, the main finding being a positive and statistically significant association between environmental performance in municipal waste treatment and the level of economic development.Ana-María RíosAndrés J. Picazo-TadeoElsevierarticleC10C22C61Q53EcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 123, Iss , Pp 107328- (2021)
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description	This paper proposes a measure of environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste, which is defined as a ratio between a composite indicator of waste treated through environmentally desirable operations –recycling and recovery in our case study– and a composite indicator of waste treated through undesirable operations –landfill and incineration. Moreover, it contributes both overall and treatment-specific indicators of performance. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) techniques are used to compute the environmental performance indicators and they are illustrated with an empirical assessment of the environmental performance of the European Union-28 (EU-28) members in their treatment of municipal waste, with data for the year 2017. Our results point to a worryingly low average level of performance, with the best performers being mainly Nordic and Central European countries such as Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Finland and Denmark; at the opposite end of the spectrum, environmental performance in the treatment of waste is particularly low in most of the Eastern European countries that joined the EU-28 from the 2000s, and some Southern member states. The determinants of performance are also investigated, the main finding being a positive and statistically significant association between environmental performance in municipal waste treatment and the level of economic development.
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author	Ana-María Ríos Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo
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title	Measuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: The case of the European Union-28
title_short	Measuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: The case of the European Union-28
title_full	Measuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: The case of the European Union-28
title_fullStr	Measuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: The case of the European Union-28
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: The case of the European Union-28
title_sort	measuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: the case of the european union-28
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Measuring environmental performance in the treatment of municipal solid waste: The case of the European Union-28

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