Evaluating the efficiency of municipalities in collecting and processing municipal solid waste: A shared input DEA-model

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1968-1978

  Rogge, Nicky ^a,b   De Jaeger, Simon ^a,b  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Data Envelopment Analysis; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; COST EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLANDERS; OVERALL COSTS; PROCESSING PERFORMANCE; WASTE COLLECTION;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BELGIUM; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84866178788     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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