Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8097226 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2018 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
This study begins by exploring the types of charges in effect in 52 Spanish provincial capitals and, where applicable, the variables to which they are related. Next, it conducts a case study of the city of Madrid, whose solid waste charge, in force from 2009 to 2014, was based on property values. The case study aims to confirm the relationship-over time-between waste generated (total and per property), number of properties (place where the waste was generated) and properties' rateable value. The results reveal, first, that the most widely-used solution at local government level is the easiest to apply-namely, a flat rate per household or a step-variable flat rate covering on average 59.03% of the cost (in 2012); and, second, that Madrid's waste step-flat rate cannot be considered a PAYT system, despite it covers up to 70% of the cost (in 2012).
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Authors
Julian Chamizo-González, Elisa-Isabel Cano-Montero, Clara-Isabel Muñoz-Colomina,