Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban Ghana
Whether private solid waste management companies are efficient in solid waste collection (SWC) has long dominated public discourse in Ghana. In many instances, such discourses are based on an empirical vacuum. This article seeks to provide the empirical basis on which discussions on SWC efficiency c...
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| author | Emmanuel Volsuuri Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere Abubakari Zarouk Imoro Sam Napoleon Bellua |
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| description | Whether private solid waste management companies are efficient in solid waste collection (SWC) has long dominated public discourse in Ghana. In many instances, such discourses are based on an empirical vacuum. This article seeks to provide the empirical basis on which discussions on SWC efficiency can be grounded. It examined the efficiency of resource inputs into SWC using the Data Envelopment Analysis. With cost and allocative efficiencies as model output, the value of total assets, number of trucks, number of collection containers, number of clients, and number of personnel deployed were set as input data, while the quantity of waste hauled and the amount of revenue generated was the output factors. The companies constituted the decision-making units (DMUs). The results showed that the average efficiency score for all DMUs was less than the 1.0 threshold for efficiency score. The results imply that the DMUs consistently operated inefficiently. We argue that the extent of inefficiencies provides the basis for stakeholders to re-examine the existing waste management architecture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f89a062f7564041967fa96ab34e6d062024-03-28T06:40:19ZengElsevierWaste Management Bulletin2949-75072023-12-01137181Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban GhanaEmmanuel Volsuuri0Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere1Abubakari Zarouk Imoro2Sam Napoleon Bellua3Africa Environmental Sanitation Consult, P. O. Box 2516, Madina-Accra, GhanaFaculty of Natural Resources and Environment, University for Development Studies, Tamale, GhanaSchool of Engineering, University for Development Studies, Tamale, GhanaSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, GhanaWhether private solid waste management companies are efficient in solid waste collection (SWC) has long dominated public discourse in Ghana. In many instances, such discourses are based on an empirical vacuum. This article seeks to provide the empirical basis on which discussions on SWC efficiency can be grounded. It examined the efficiency of resource inputs into SWC using the Data Envelopment Analysis. With cost and allocative efficiencies as model output, the value of total assets, number of trucks, number of collection containers, number of clients, and number of personnel deployed were set as input data, while the quantity of waste hauled and the amount of revenue generated was the output factors. The companies constituted the decision-making units (DMUs). The results showed that the average efficiency score for all DMUs was less than the 1.0 threshold for efficiency score. The results imply that the DMUs consistently operated inefficiently. We argue that the extent of inefficiencies provides the basis for stakeholders to re-examine the existing waste management architecture.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S294975072300010XData Envelopment AnalysisEfficiencyGhanaPrivate sectorSolid waste collection |
| spellingShingle | Emmanuel Volsuuri Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere Abubakari Zarouk Imoro Sam Napoleon Bellua Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban Ghana Waste Management Bulletin Data Envelopment Analysis Efficiency Ghana Private sector Solid waste collection |
| title | Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban Ghana |
| title_full | Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban Ghana |
| title_short | Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban Ghana |
| title_sort | assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban ghana |
| topic | Data Envelopment Analysis Efficiency Ghana Private sector Solid waste collection |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S294975072300010X |
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