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- Weight-based pricing systems for municipal solid waste collection are gaining traction in Europe, but their effectiveness on waste reduction is being debated based on implementation details.
- This article evaluates Flemish municipalities' shift from a default price-per-bag model to a weight-based pricing schedule by using advanced statistical methods and recent data.
- Findings show that the transition to weight-based pricing initially leads to a notable decrease in per capita residual waste, though this effect may diminish over time.
Article Abstract
Weight-based pricing systems for municipal solid waste collection and processing are increasingly popular in many European countries and regions. However, the impact on waste generation of such pricing schedules remains debated and depends strongly on the practical details of the system used. This article assesses the impact of a voluntary transition by Flemish municipalities from the default price-per-bag pricing systems to a more sophisticated weight-based pricing schedule. By (1) exploiting alternative statistical techniques, (2) using more recent data and (3) focusing on the introduction effect of the new pricing schedule, we are able to complement and refine prior research on this topic. Our results indicate that introducing weight-based pricing has initially a significant and substantial downward impact on the amount of residual municipal solid waste per capita. This result is robust under different methodologies that control for selection bias. There are however, indications that this initial effect does not persist in the years after introduction.
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