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Costs and benefits resulting from the implementation of PAYT schemes

datacite.subject.sdg11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveispt_PT
dc.contributor.authorGarra, João
dc.contributor.authorFernández Braña, Álvaro
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Célia
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-26T13:06:29Z
dc.date.available2023-01-26T13:06:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractThis work reports a cost-benefit analysis of different PAYT systems using a full cost accountability (FCA) methodology, that includes both tangible and intangible costs and benefits. A theoretical municipality was defined and 4 models were created, each representing an alternative solution for PAYT. The simulations comprised both domestic and non-domestic users within the municipality and the solutions differed among themselves on the collection schemes, ranging from collective waste containers with limited access and a volume-based system or a weight-based system, to door-to-door collection with individual waste containers or with bags. The simulations used empirical data that was collected from real municipalities during the LIFEPAYT Project concerning both the initial investment as well as the reduction of unsorted/residual waste and increase of source separated recyclables. The economic and financial impact of transitioning to PAYT in each modelled municipality was analysed, focusing on the estimation of the cost structure in the years following the initial investment. The analysis considers three different scenarios of investment: PAYT and Biowaste investment (scenario 1), only PAYT investment (scenario 2) and Business-as-Usual (BAU) (scenario 3). The results show that all PAYT solutions in articulation with a municipal biowaste strategy models (scenario 1) introduce a sustainable municipal solid waste management in the long run and that without transitioning to PAYT (scenario 3) the Municipality will go down a path of economically unsustainable solid waste management.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipProject LIFE PAYT – Tool to reduce waste in South Europe (LIFE 15 ENV/PT/000609)pt_PT
dc.description.versionN/Apt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-989-8649-38-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/13218
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewednopt_PT
dc.publisherInstituto Politécnico de Coimbrapt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPAYTpt_PT
dc.subjectAnálise custo-beneficiopt_PT
dc.subjectModelopt_PT
dc.subjectResíduospt_PT
dc.titleCosts and benefits resulting from the implementation of PAYT schemespt_PT
dc.typereport
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person.familyNameFernández Braña
person.familyNameFerreira
person.givenNameÁlvaro
person.givenNameCélia
person.identifier.ciencia-id931E-FBDE-2098
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0351-2664
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7456-2538
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rcaap.typereportpt_PT
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