Compliance with the EU waste hierarchy: A matter of stringency, enforcement, and time.

Abstract:

:The aim of this paper is to assess whether and to what extent income and the stringency and enforcement (S&E) of environmental regulation influence compliance with the EU Waste Hierarchy (EWH), i.e., how EU member states treat waste. The EWH prioritizes waste prevention and re-use over recycling, which is ranked above waste to energy (WtE), while incineration and landfilling are the least preferred options. Biennial panel data for the period 2010-2016 is used to create a compliance index based on the waste treatment alternatives in the EWH. Waste (excluding major mineral waste) of 26 European Union countries is examined. This study is the first of its kind to regress an EWH compliance index on income, stringency and enforcement of environmental regulation, and other variables that are also expected to affect the relative benefits and costs of waste treatment, such as population density, heating demand, and electricity prices. The shares of landfilling, incineration, WtE, and recycling are also modeled to capture the effect of these variables in the waste treatment mix. The stringency and enforcement of environmental regulation are found to have a positive effect on compliance with the EWH, which has increased over time.

journal_name

J Environ Manage

authors

Egüez A

doi

10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111672

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-02-15 00:00:00

pages

111672

eissn

0301-4797

issn

1095-8630

pii

S0301-4797(20)31597-8

journal_volume

280

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