Environmental Input-Output Analysis and its Application to Regional Solid-waste Management Planning

✍ Scribed by Guo H. Huang; William P. Anderson; Brian W. Baetz

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 559 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-4797
• DOI: 10.1006/jema.1994.1061

✦ Synopsis

In this paper, a commodity-by-industry input-output model is introduced to the regional solid-waste (RSW) management planning area. This model can reflect the direct and indirect effects of regional solid-waste generation and the specific relationships to the development of a regional economy. An improvement of the ordinary commodity-by-industry model is made, where a policy initiative -a " (3 R) " program (composed of waste recycling, reuse and reduction activities)-is introduced into the model based on the consideration that these activities have important roles in the minimization of solid-waste flows. The improved approach is applied to a hypothetical problem of RSW management planning. The results indicate that useful information may be gained from the solution of the input-output model. The model therefore provides a useful tool for economic planning that considers RSW management issues.