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http://hdl.handle.net/2445/61390| Title: | Empirical analysis of solid management waste costs: Some evidence from Galicia, Spain |
| Author: | Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963- Fageda, Xavier, 1975- |
| Keywords: | Reciclatge de residus Recollida de residus Administració local Control de costos Waste recycling Refuse collection Local government Cost control |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública |
| Series/Report no: | [WP E-IR09/07] |
| Abstract: | This paper analyses the factors that determine solid waste service costs. The empirical analysis is based on information derived from a survey conducted in a sample of Galician municipalities. The results reveal economies of scale in municipalities of fewer than 50,000 inhabitants, such that cooperation between these municipalities could lead to cost savings. It also appears that private delivery is not cheaper than public delivery. Finally, designating a larger proportion of the total waste volume to recycling does not imply greater costs. |
| Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2009/200907.pdf |
| It is part of: | IREA – Working Papers, 2009, IR09/07 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/61390 |
| ISSN: | 2014-1254 |
| Appears in Collections: | Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA)) |
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