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- Title
Ecological Solid Waste Management in Suburban Municipalities.
- Authors
Naz, Antonia Corinthia C.; Naz, Mario Tuscan N.
- Abstract
Using a participatory approach, this study looks at how a local government in the Philippines might organize and finance solid waste management to meet strict new national targets. Using a "choice modelling" approach, the researchers were able to see how people and companies value the attributes of various waste management services and how much they would be willing to pay for them. The attributes included frequency of waste collection and the methods used to take away the garbage. Based on survey results and an analysis of waste management costs, the study recommends the option with the lowest maintenance and operating costs and the highest cost recovery levels: once a week collection of residual waste by municipal workers with a garbage truck. Even with this option, however, user fees could only partially finance the costs of this service. Achieving the new national standards at even a minimum level would leave a suburban municipality with a "funding gap" of 2 million Philippine peso per year between costs and expected revenue from user fees.
- Subjects
PHILIPPINES; PARTICIPANT observation; LOCAL government; WASTE management; REFUSE collection; USER charges
- Publication
ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 2008, Vol 25, Issue 1, p70
- ISSN
0217-4472
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1355/ae25-1g