Influence of the Total Consumption of Households on Municipal Waste Quantity in Romania

Irina-Elena Petrescu, Mariarosaria Lombardi, Georgiana-Raluca Lădaru, Răzvan Aurelian Munteanu, Mihai Istudor and Georgiana Adriana Tărășilă
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Irina-Elena Petrescu: Department of Agrifood and Environmental Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Mariarosaria Lombardi: Department of Economics, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy
Georgiana-Raluca Lădaru: Department of Agrifood and Environmental Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Răzvan Aurelian Munteanu: Doctoral School, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Mihai Istudor: Doctoral School, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Georgiana Adriana Tărășilă: Doctoral School, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: Sustainable development is a worldwide concern. This paper presents an analysis of the influence of the final consumption expenditure on the total consumption of households in Romania. The regression function of the association between “the amount of municipal waste” and “the total consumption of households” has a direct linear relationship. The regression variable “total household consumption” (X) has a regression coefficient of −0.03031, which indicates that the amount of municipal waste decreases by one unit as household consumption increases by 30.31 units. Therefore, this regression coefficient indicates that the volume of municipal waste decreases by 30.31 tons to an increase in the final consumption expenditure of households of EUR 1 million. The influence of the final consumption expenditure of households by consumption purpose on the quantity of municipal waste is in the following order: health; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; clothing and footwear; miscellaneous goods and services; recreation and culture; food and non-alcoholic goods; restaurants and hotels; furnishing and household equipment and routine household maintenance; alcoholic and tobacco goods; communications; and education. The value of the Significance F must be less than 0.05. In the case of the model, it is found that this value exceeds the threshold of 0.05 in the case of consumption generated by health services, recreation and culture, restaurants and hotels, alcohol and tobacco goods, and communications. Regarding the high value of Significance F in relation to consumption, we find the sectors that generate the least amount of waste (services). In the case of all of the independent variables, we can note that the relationship is a negative one, which proves that an increase in the quantity of any expenditure of the households generates a decrease of the municipal waste quantity.

Keywords: municipal waste; consumption of households; waste management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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