TY - JOUR
T1 - Municipal waste generation and socio-economic drivers. Evidence from comparing Northern and Southern Italy
AU - Mazzanti, Massimiliano
AU - Montini, Anna
AU - Zoboli, Roberto
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Using data sets from Italian provinces that include rich northern and poorer southern
regions, this article examines to what extent income and municipal waste generation
are linked and at what level of income they become delinked. The analysis shows that
the turning point occurs at very high levels of value added per capita (in the range of
€€22,586 to €€31,611), exemplified by a very limited number of wealthy (northern) Italian
provinces. The authors also find that some recently adopted waste policy and waste
management instruments have influenced waste generation at source, independent of
socioeconomic characteristics. This supports the argument that more effective waste
management instruments that target waste prevention at the source need to be implemented
in line with the stated priorities of the EU and member countries. The findings
also imply that developing countries in particular should not wait to implement waste
reduction policies until household incomes and consumption levels increase.
AB - Using data sets from Italian provinces that include rich northern and poorer southern
regions, this article examines to what extent income and municipal waste generation
are linked and at what level of income they become delinked. The analysis shows that
the turning point occurs at very high levels of value added per capita (in the range of
€€22,586 to €€31,611), exemplified by a very limited number of wealthy (northern) Italian
provinces. The authors also find that some recently adopted waste policy and waste
management instruments have influenced waste generation at source, independent of
socioeconomic characteristics. This supports the argument that more effective waste
management instruments that target waste prevention at the source need to be implemented
in line with the stated priorities of the EU and member countries. The findings
also imply that developing countries in particular should not wait to implement waste
reduction policies until household incomes and consumption levels increase.
KW - Municipal waste generation
KW - socio-economic drivers
KW - Municipal waste generation
KW - socio-economic drivers
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/125096
U2 - 10.1177/1070496507312575
DO - 10.1177/1070496507312575
M3 - Article
SN - 1070-4965
SP - 51
EP - 69
JO - THE JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
JF - THE JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
ER -