title: Designing Pay-As-You-Throw schemes in municipal waste management services: A holistic approach.
abstract: Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) strategies are becoming widely applied in solid waste management systems; the main purpose is to support a more sustainable - from economic, environmental and social points of view - management of waste flows. Adopting PAYT charging models increases the complexity level of the waste management service as new organizational issues have to be evaluated compared to flat charging models. In addition, innovative technological solutions could also be adopted to increase the overall efficiency of the service. Unit pricing, user identification and waste measurement represent the three most important processes to be defined in a PAYT system. The paper proposes a holistic framework to support an effective design and management process. The framework defines most critical processes and effective organizational and technological solutions for supporting waste managers as well as researchers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Campus Ecotekene, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Elia
authors.affiliation: Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Campus Ecotekene, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy. Electronic address: mariagrazia.gnoni@unisalento.it.
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Gnoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Campus Ecotekene, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabiana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tornese
mesh_terms: D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics; D062611:Solid Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste
keywords: Continuous improvement; IOT technology; Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT); Sustainable waste management