Factors influencing eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste management in Chile: A double-bootstrap approach.

ABSTRACT: Improving eco-efficiency in the provision of municipal solid waste plays an important role for a sustainable economy. Eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste service providers (MSWSPs) has been generally assessed using the conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) method. However, this approach is sensitive to data noise and has no statistical properties. To overcome these limitations, in this paper, we adopt the double-bootstrap DEA model to derive robust eco-efficiency scores. This nonparametric method allows conducting statistical inference to explore environmental factors affecting the eco-efficiency of MSWSPs. The empirical approach focused on a sample of 298 MSWSPs in Chile, a middle-income country whose policies for promoting waste recycling are incipient. The results indicated t

SUBMITTER: Molinos-Senante M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925897 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature