Abstract
The paper contributes to the debate concerning the management of municipal solid waste by providing an analysis of two key aspects of waste management - namely, waste separation and dispatch to treatment plants. Our analysis aims at detecting the extent to which actual behavior in (close-by) municipalities is similar with respect to those two aspects. To pursue our scope, a complex network approach is followed. In particular, we conceptualize, explore and compare two networks, whose nodes are the municipalities, while weights synthesize in one network the percentage of sorted waste that is collected at a municipal level, and in the other one the distance from the waste processing plants used by each municipality. The theoretical network models are implemented through an empirical study based on a high quality dataset referred to Italian municipalities. In this regard, the detection of communities of municipalities and their geospatial contextualization are introduced as devices for a complete description of current practices of municipal waste separation and transfers in Italy. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.]
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 597-607 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Waste management (New York, N.Y.) |
| Volume | 126 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Apr 2021 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Keywords
- Complex networks
- Waste separation
- Italian municipalities
- Waste management
- Municipal solid waste
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