MANAGING SOLID URBAN WASTE IN ITALY: AN ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
The present article focuses on Italian solid urban waste management companies in the aim of ascertaining whether the best practices in this field, and specifically regarding separated waste collection (paper, plastic, glass, organic compostable, and non-recyclable waste), are sufficiently widespread...
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
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| description | The present article focuses on Italian solid urban waste management companies in the aim of ascertaining whether the best practices in this field, and specifically regarding separated waste collection (paper, plastic, glass, organic compostable, and non-recyclable waste), are sufficiently widespread as per European Union directives relative to the circular economy. In addition to this analysis, the paper also evaluates the financial performance of a companies’ group which should operate economically to guarantee continuity of management and provision of services to the community at large. The analysis concerns companies operating in approximately 900 municipalities located throughout the Italian territory. The results show a quite variegated situation, in which the northern regions appear to represent the macro-area where the most efficient firms operate, realizing the highest level of separated waste collection despite having the lowest unitary revenues, both per ton collected and per inhabitant served. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a5052b596624e6a9a39b7152b4529252023-09-03T04:25:26ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńCopernican Journal of Finance & Accounting2300-12402300-30652018-12-0172MANAGING SOLID URBAN WASTE IN ITALY: AN ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSISFrancesca Bartolacci0Michela Soverchia1Ermanno Zigiotti2University of MacerataUniversity of MacerataUniversity of MacerataThe present article focuses on Italian solid urban waste management companies in the aim of ascertaining whether the best practices in this field, and specifically regarding separated waste collection (paper, plastic, glass, organic compostable, and non-recyclable waste), are sufficiently widespread as per European Union directives relative to the circular economy. In addition to this analysis, the paper also evaluates the financial performance of a companies’ group which should operate economically to guarantee continuity of management and provision of services to the community at large. The analysis concerns companies operating in approximately 900 municipalities located throughout the Italian territory. The results show a quite variegated situation, in which the northern regions appear to represent the macro-area where the most efficient firms operate, realizing the highest level of separated waste collection despite having the lowest unitary revenues, both per ton collected and per inhabitant served.https://apcz.umk.pl/CJFA/article/view/18792waste managementseparate waste collectionperformance analysisItaly |
| spellingShingle | Francesca Bartolacci Michela Soverchia Ermanno Zigiotti MANAGING SOLID URBAN WASTE IN ITALY: AN ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting waste management separate waste collection performance analysis Italy |
| title | MANAGING SOLID URBAN WASTE IN ITALY: AN ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS |
| title_full | MANAGING SOLID URBAN WASTE IN ITALY: AN ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS |
| title_fullStr | MANAGING SOLID URBAN WASTE IN ITALY: AN ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS |
| title_full_unstemmed | MANAGING SOLID URBAN WASTE IN ITALY: AN ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS |
| title_short | MANAGING SOLID URBAN WASTE IN ITALY: AN ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS |
| title_sort | managing solid urban waste in italy an economic financial and environmental performance analysis |
| topic | waste management separate waste collection performance analysis Italy |
| url | https://apcz.umk.pl/CJFA/article/view/18792 |
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