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- Barbara Cavalletti
- Matteo Corsi
Abstract
Local waste management is commonly evaluated according to performance indicators that have been shown to be weakly or even negatively correlated. If the metrics of waste management are not treated as a multi‐indicator system, evaluations will reflect indicator selection rather than the actual sustainability of waste management. We discuss the drawbacks of single‐indicator evaluations through the case of Italy, where recent national and regional legislation on waste taxation is largely based on municipal diversion rate. We show that the main assumption for making diversion rate the discriminant between good and bad environmental performances is untenable. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the use of a single parameter has a sizeable regressive effect in the distribution of the tax burden between municipalities. La gestión local de los residuos se evalúa comúnmente de acuerdo con indicadores de desempeño que han demostrado estar correlacionados débilmente, o incluso negativamente. Si las métricas de la gestión de residuos no se tratan como un sistema de indicadores múltiples, las evaluaciones reflejarán la selección de indicadores y no la sostenibilidad real de la gestión de residuos. Se discuten los inconvenientes de las evaluaciones con un solo indicador en el caso de Italia, donde la legislación nacional y regional reciente sobre la tributación de los residuos se basa en gran medida en la tasa de desviación municipal. Se demuestra que el principal supuesto para que la tasa de desviación sea el factor discriminante entre los buenos y los malos resultados ambientales es indefendible. Además, se aporta evidencia de que el uso de un único parámetro tiene un efecto regresivo considerable en la distribución de la carga fiscal entre los municipios. 地域の廃棄物管理は、相関が弱いか、さらには負の相関であることが証明されている業績評価指標によって評価されるのが通例である。廃棄物管理のメトリクスがマルチ指標システムとして取り扱われなければ、評価は廃棄物管理の実際の持続可能性ではなく、むしろ指標の選択を反映することになる。本稿では、廃棄物税に関する国および地方における最近の法律が、概して自治体の転換率に基づいているイタリアの事例を通じて、単独の指標による評価の欠点を考察する。転換率を環境パフォーマンスの良し悪しの判別式とする主な仮定は成り立たないことを示す。さらに、単独のパラメータを使用することは、税負担の自治体間の分配にかなり大きな逆進的効果をもたらすことを示すエビデンスを提示する。
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Barbara Cavalletti & Matteo Corsi, 2019.
"By diversion rate alone: The inconsistency and inequity of waste management evaluation in a single‐indicator system,"
Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(1), pages 307-329, February.
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RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:1:p:307-329
DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12356
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