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Komunalinių biologiškai skaidžių atliekų tvarkymo sistemos efektyvumo vertinimas Kauno miesto savivaldybėje
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Municipal Biodegradable Waste Management System in Kaunas City Municipality

Author(s): Karolina Skorupskaitė, Algis Junevičius
Subject(s): Public Administration, Environmental and Energy policy
Published by: Mykolas Romeris University
Keywords: waste management; municipal biodegradable waste; efficiency evaluation; public government evaluation

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses one of the municipal waste management system component – municipal biodegradable waste and evaluates its management’s efficiency in Kaunas City Municipality. The first part of this paper is devoted to the waste management concept dynamics analysis, public government evaluation criteria and its methods identification, especially focusing on efficiency. The part of research evaluates the efficiency of the municipal biodegradable waste management system in 2013 which is ruled by Kaunas City Municipality. The main research object is an infrastructure of technical equipment of municipal biodegradable waste management system. Efficiency is valued using cost-effectiveness method. The study established that the currently existing system of municipal biodegradable waste management system is ineffective.

  • Issue Year: 15/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 56-69
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Lithuanian