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3624. EU Waste Recycling Targets: Where are we at? A Performance Evolution Assessment
Invited abstract in session WD-44: MCDA and Composite Indicators: Issues, Advances and Applications 2, stream Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis.
Wednesday, 14:30-16:00Room: 20 (building: 324)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Laura Carosi
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| Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa | |
| 2. | Giovanna D'Inverno
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| Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa | |
| 3. | TRINIDAD GOMEZ
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| Applied Economics Mathematics, University of Malaga | |
| 4. | Maria Molinos-Senante
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| Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | |
| 5. | Giulia Romano
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| Via Ridolfi, 10, Department of Economics and Management |
Abstract
Over the last decade the European legislator has set ambitious recycling targets for municipal waste and packaging waste so to achieve a more circular economy and to contribute to the European Green Deal’s sustainability goals. In this paper, we evaluate the European countries performance evolution with respect to the constantly evolving waste management legal framework and their response to the definition of increasingly demanding targets. To do so, we suggest an innovative dynamic composite indicator to evaluate the country performance with respect to different packaging waste categories and taking into account their deviation from the set targets. In particular, the proposed synthetic indicator distinguishes targets in terms of essential thresholds and aspiration levels. The essential thresholds do not allow for compensations between strengths and weaknesses of the evaluated units and grants that certain fundamental standards are met. The aspiration levels are targets that countries should aim at to foster their sustainability, but they are not compulsory. We monitor the evolution of 27 European countries from 2015 to 2020, where the packaging legislative framework has undergone important developments. The tool provides policy-relevant findings, important to identify best practices and to define priority actions so to enhance the transition of lagging-behind countries towards a more circular economy.
Keywords
- OR in Sustainability
- Multi-Objective Decision Making
Status: accepted
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