Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Lipová 41a, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Pasteurova 1, 400 96 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Economics, Tajovského 10, 975 90 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic; Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Pasteurova 15, 400 96 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Waste Manag. 2022 Feb 15;139:227-249. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.09.022. Epub 2021 Dec 31.
The study presents research focused on factors influencing performance in municipal solid waste management (MSWM) at the level of individual municipalities in the Czech Republic. Czech municipalities possess a specific municipal structure that is characteristic of high fragmentation, in which municipalities spatially resemble conglomerates. In spite of their typically small size, they cling to their own independence and are thus willing to assume full responsibilities in MSWM. In recognition that expenditure on MSWM is the primary concern to municipalities and that there are secondary environmental interests in waste separation, four alternative models of waste management service production are considered for a sample of 470 Czech municipalities that capture performance from different standpoints. Performance in MSWM is assessed by dint of data envelopment analysis (DEA). Full frontiers are employed simultaneously with order-m partial frontiers and resulting unconditional-to-conditional scores are investigated for the influence of twelve contextual factors describing operating conditions of MSWM. The analysis accounts for the fact that in this case the twelve contextual factors are found non-separable from the process underpinning the provision of MSWM. It is revealed that performance in MSWM improves with the availability of recycling consolidation facilities, but programs inciting waste separation or green waste collection do not bring about the anticipated effect. The findings are instrumental in planning of MSWM and equip municipalities with policy advice that is useful in improving performance in MSWM and subsequently in reaching ever stricter environmental targets requested over time at both national and international levels translated to a municipal level.
本研究聚焦于影响捷克共和国各市级市政固体废物管理（MSWM）绩效的因素。捷克各市政府具有特定的市政结构，具有高度分散的特点，在空间上类似于联合体。尽管规模通常较小，但它们坚持自己的独立性，因此愿意在 MSWM 中承担全部责任。鉴于 MSWM 的支出是各市政府的主要关注点，而废物分离也存在次要的环境利益，因此考虑了四种替代的废物管理服务生产模式，这些模式适用于一个由 470 个捷克市政府组成的样本，从不同的角度捕捉绩效。MSWM 的绩效通过数据包络分析（DEA）进行评估。同时使用全边界和序贯部分边界，对描述 MSWM 运营条件的 12 个情境因素的影响进行无条件到条件的分数研究。分析考虑到在这种情况下，这 12 个情境因素与提供 MSWM 的过程是不可分离的。结果表明，随着回收整合设施的可用性的提高，MSWM 的绩效得到改善，但鼓励废物分离或绿色废物收集的计划并没有带来预期的效果。这些发现对于 MSWM 的规划具有重要意义，并为市政府提供了有用的政策建议，有助于提高 MSWM 的绩效，进而在国家和国际层面上不断提高环境目标，这些目标在市政层面上得到了逐步推进。
