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- Innovation policy: introduction and consolidation of PAYT waste tariffs in PortugalPublication . Bringsken, Beatriz; Madureira, R.; Vilarinho, C.; Ferreira, CéliaPay-as-you-throw (PAYT) waste tariffs are at an early stage of development in Portugal, and policy has a role in shaping this potential innovation management tool towards a national consolidation. To understand the dynamic policy process on PAYT tariffs, this study first gained insight into the current dominant state, insofar as governance mechanisms and public-private municipal solid waste (MSW) sector. Subsequently, it analyzed how the policies promoting PAYT are aligned with four fundamental attributes for policy design under concepts of Innovation Policy. These attributes are: resource-intensiveness, political risk, state and private market interventions, and targeting. For the elected officials (decision-makers), PAYT as an economic instrument represents a long-term investment with political uncertainty. Therefore, policymakers need to develop robust economic regulations to improve transparency and complementary actions for a more integrated MSW sector, which creates a transitional space for change, destroying pre-existing conditions that are not aligned to the future state.
- Lisbon's socioeconomic baseline on waste for large waste producersPublication . Bringsken, Beatriz; Fernández Braña, Álvaro; Sousa, Catarina; Ferreira, Célia
- Socioeconomic baseline on waste for households in Aveiro, PortugalPublication . Bringsken, Beatriz; Fernández Braña, Álvaro; Neves, Anita; Sousa, Catarina; André, Pedro; Dinis, Isabel; Proença, Sara; Ferreira, Célia
- Socioeconomic baseline on waste for households in Larnaka, CyprusPublication . Bringsken, Beatriz; Fernández Braña, Álvaro; Sousa, Catarina; Kasidoni, Maria; Ferreira, Célia
- Socioeconomic baseline on waste for households in Vrilissia, GreecePublication . Bringsken, Beatriz; Fernández Braña, Álvaro; Sousa, Catarina; Kasidoni, Maria; Ferreira, Célia
- Socioeconomic baseline on waste for the non-domestic waste sector in Condeixa-a-Nova, PortugalPublication . Bringsken, Beatriz; Fernández Braña, Álvaro; Sousa, Catarina; Ferreira, Célia
- Socioeconomic impact of waste over the lifetime of project LIFEPAYTPublication . Fernández Braña, Álvaro; Sousa, Catarina; Bringsken, Beatriz; Neves, Anita; Dinis, Isabel; Ferreira, Célia
- Sociology of waste: social norms as pre-disposition for acceptance of ‘Pay-as-you-throw’ tariffs in PortugalPublication . Bringsken, Beatriz; Vilarinho, C; Ferreira, CéliaThe sociology of waste approach is useful to support the implementation of innovations in a municipal waste management system, based on theoretical and behavioral evidence from the local context and background. Social studies focused on waste governance can improve decision making processes, facilitate the design of better policies, interventions and campaigns in a community. On this basis, the aim of this research paper is to address the potential influence of social norms as a predictor of behavior change, to assure a positive impact in a community facing the implementation of a PAYT (Pay-as-you-throw) tariffs system. An indicator of the sustainable impact of the project is when local people make efforts to set new social norms. The perceived ‘normal’ patterns of behavior within a specific group of citizens adapting to this innovation are considered evidences of social norm’s transformation. People’s perception of others behaviors coded as descriptive social norm is an instrument of influence, so it is important to expand the theoretical understanding of these behavioral factors. In case the desirable social norm is established by the group, less political and legal guidance is necessary during the implementation phase, and the solid evidence of community ownership of the waste management project related to ‘Pay-as-you-throw’ tariffs could ensure the long-lasting impact of this innovation. Therefore, this study conceptualizes social norms, more specifically typical empirical or descriptive norms, as a theoretical tool to identify the most salient pattern of behavior for separating and managing household waste disposal to substantiate the development of an Action Research Approach to be performed within a Portuguese community in the city of São João da Madeira as they are about to adopt PAYT tariffs as technological innovation for waste management.