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Performance and convergence in municipal waste treatment in the European Union.
Andrés J. Picazo-tadeoAntonio MontañésJuana Castillo-giménezsubject
Municipal solid waste020209 energyDenmarkWaste framework directive02 engineering and technologyIncineration010501 environmental sciences01 natural sciencesAgricultural economicsWaste ManagementGermany0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringData envelopment analysismedia_common.cataloged_instanceEuropean UnionEuropean unionWaste Management and Disposal0105 earth and related environmental sciencesmedia_commonConvergence (economics)Composite indicatorIncinerationRefuse DisposalEastern europeanWaste Disposal FacilitiesAustriaBusinessdescription
This paper assesses performance and convergence in the treatment of municipal waste by the members of the European Union-27 (EU-27) during the period 1995-2016. First, a composite indicator of performance -including landfill, incineration, recycling, and composting and digestion as treatment operations- is computed with Data Envelopment Analysis and Multi-Criteria-Decision-Making techniques at country and year levels. Then, convergence is assessed using the techniques proposed by Phillips and Sul (2007, 2009) and, more recently, by Kong et al. (2017). The best performers are Central and Northern European countries such as Denmark, Austria and Germany, whereas the worst are some Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in the 2000s. Furthermore, performance has largely converged among EU-27 countries since the enactment of the current Waste Framework Directive in 2008.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-01 | Waste management (New York, N.Y.) |