Quality splitting in waste incineration due to non-convex production possibilities

Mark Müser () and Harald Dyckhoff ()
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Mark Müser: RWTH Aachen University
Harald Dyckhoff: RWTH Aachen University

Journal of Business Economics, 2017, vol. 87, issue 1, No 4, 73-96

Abstract: Abstract Using a real case study of waste incineration, we show a new form of non-convexity in the transformation process of the inputs into the outputs. Its consequence is quality splitting, i.e. the separate use of different input qualities, yielding a better result than a homogeneous mix. For waste incineration plants (WIP), this leads to surprising practical implications for strategies of waste collection and supply, as well as for the control of a WIP. The insights are based on the evaluation of a basic model of waste incineration developed for the case study. Thus, the paper also contributes to production research by modelling waste incineration as a central process for the “reduction” of waste from manufacturing and consumption.

Keywords: Non-convex production possibilities; Quality splitting; Bad input; Waste incineration; Flue gas denitrification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D2 M20 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s11573-015-0774-4

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