The declared barriers of the large developing countries waste management projects: The STAR model

• This study verifies the declared barriers of the 432 large WM CDM projects.
• The final product is a conceptual interactive and dynamic model proposal to projects assessment.
• Thus the model describes the mutual influences and relationships among each one.
• Results suggest barriers classification as sociopolitical, technological, regulatory, financial, and human resources.
• Results also suggest projects have disadvantages compared to other renewable energy sources.

The aim of this study is to investigate and describe the barriers system that precludes the feasibility, or limits the performance of the waste management projects through the analysis of which are the declared barriers at the 432 large waste management projects registered as CDM during the period 2004–2014. The final product is a waste management barriers conceptual model proposal (STAR), supported by literature and corroborated by projects design documents. This paper uses the computer assisted qualitative content analysis (CAQCA) methodology with the qualitative data analysis (QDA) software NVivo®, by 890 fragments, to investigate the motives to support our conclusions. Results suggest the main barriers classification in five types: sociopolitical, technological, regulatory, financial, and human resources constraints. Results also suggest that beyond the waste management industry, projects have disadvantages added related to the same barriers inherent to others renewable energies initiatives. The STAR model sheds some light over the interactivity and dynamics related to the main constraints of the industry, describing the mutual influences and relationships among each one. Future researches are needed to better and comprehensively understand these relationships and ease the development of tools to alleviate or eliminate them.

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