Measuring the eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste service: A fuzzy DEA model for handling missing data

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Utilities Policy, 2024, vol. 86, issue C

Abstract: In the last decades, evaluating the performance of municipal solid waste (MSW) service has attracted the interest of scholars and policymakers worldwide. This study adopts a generalized directional distance function (GDDF) data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to measure the eco-efficiency of 94 Apulian municipalities providing MSW service over 2019–2021. The model uses the α-cut method to handle missing data in a fuzzy DEA environment. During the period covered by the research, on average, the MSW eco-efficiency was between 0.825 and 0.879. The MSW separate collection rate is the only factor significantly affecting the MSW eco-efficiency.

Keywords: Fuzzy DEA; Eco-efficiency; Waste management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 Q53 Q56 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101706

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