Costs and benefits resulting from the implementation of PAYT schemes

Garra, João; Fernández Braña, Álvaro; Ferreira, Célia

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Costs and benefits resulting from the implementation of PAYT schemes

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datacite.subject.sdg	11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis	pt_PT
dc.contributor.author	Garra, João
dc.contributor.author	Fernández Braña, Álvaro
dc.contributor.author	Ferreira, Célia
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-26T13:06:29Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-26T13:06:29Z
dc.date.issued	2021-12
dc.description.abstract	This 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.sponsorship	Project LIFE PAYT – Tool to reduce waste in South Europe (LIFE 15 ENV/PT/000609)	pt_PT
dc.description.version	N/A	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-989-8649-38-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/13218
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	no	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	PAYT	pt_PT
dc.subject	Análise custo-beneficio	pt_PT
dc.subject	Modelo	pt_PT
dc.subject	Resíduos	pt_PT
dc.title	Costs and benefits resulting from the implementation of PAYT schemes	pt_PT
dc.type	report
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person.familyName	Fernández Braña
person.familyName	Ferreira
person.givenName	Álvaro
person.givenName	Célia
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person.identifier.orcid	0000-0002-7456-2538
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