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Title: Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost-benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan

Abstract

In order to develop a sound material-cycle society, cost-effective municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems are required for the municipalities in the context of the integrated accounting system for MSW management. Firstly, this paper attempts to establish an integrated cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework for evaluating the effectiveness of MSW management systems. In this paper, detailed cost/benefit items due to waste problems are particularly clarified. The stakeholders of MSW management systems, including the decision-makers of the municipalities and the citizens, are expected to reconsider the waste problems in depth and thus take wise actions with the aid of the proposed CBA framework. Secondly, focusing on the financial cost, this study develops a generalized methodology to evaluate the financial cost-effectiveness of MSW management systems, simultaneously considering the treatment technological levels and policy effects. The impacts of the influencing factors on the annual total and average financial MSW operation and maintenance (O and M) costs are analyzed in the Taiwanese case study with a demonstrative short-term future projection of the financial costs under scenario analysis. The established methodology would contribute to the evaluation of the current policy measures and to the modification of the policy design for the municipalities.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Solid Waste Management Research Center, Okayama University, Okayama (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21550386
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Waste Management
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.016; PII: S0956-053X(11)00048-1; Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Journal ID: ISSN 0956-053X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ACCOUNTING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; MUNICIPAL WASTES; SIMULATION; SOLID WASTES; TAIWAN; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ASIA; CHINA; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ISLANDS; MANAGEMENT; WASTES

Citation Formats

Weng, Yu-Chi, and Fujiwara, Takeshi. Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost-benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.016.
Weng, Yu-Chi, & Fujiwara, Takeshi. Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost-benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.016
Weng, Yu-Chi, and Fujiwara, Takeshi. 2011. "Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost-benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.016.
@article{osti_21550386,
title = {Examining the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems: An integrated cost-benefit analysis perspective with a financial cost modeling in Taiwan},
author = {Weng, Yu-Chi and Fujiwara, Takeshi},
abstractNote = {In order to develop a sound material-cycle society, cost-effective municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems are required for the municipalities in the context of the integrated accounting system for MSW management. Firstly, this paper attempts to establish an integrated cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework for evaluating the effectiveness of MSW management systems. In this paper, detailed cost/benefit items due to waste problems are particularly clarified. The stakeholders of MSW management systems, including the decision-makers of the municipalities and the citizens, are expected to reconsider the waste problems in depth and thus take wise actions with the aid of the proposed CBA framework. Secondly, focusing on the financial cost, this study develops a generalized methodology to evaluate the financial cost-effectiveness of MSW management systems, simultaneously considering the treatment technological levels and policy effects. The impacts of the influencing factors on the annual total and average financial MSW operation and maintenance (O and M) costs are analyzed in the Taiwanese case study with a demonstrative short-term future projection of the financial costs under scenario analysis. The established methodology would contribute to the evaluation of the current policy measures and to the modification of the policy design for the municipalities.},
doi = {10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.016},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21550386}, journal = {Waste Management},
issn = {0956-053X},
number = 6,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}