Municipal household solid waste fee based on an increasing block pricing model in Beijing, China

被引:11
作者
Chu, Zhujie [1 ,2 ]
Wu, Yunga [1 ,2 ]
Zhuang, Jun [3 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Engn Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
[2] Harbin Engn Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Res Inst Disaster & Crisis Management, Harbin, Peoples R China
[3] SUNY Buffalo, Dept Ind & Syst Engn, Buffalo, NY USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Municipal household solid waste; fee; block pricing; validity; equity; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; MANAGEMENT; METAANALYSIS; SYSTEM;
D O I
10.1177/0734242X16681462
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This article aims to design an increasing block pricing model to estimate the waste fee with the consideration of the goals and principles of municipal household solid waste pricing. The increasing block pricing model is based on the main consideration of the per capita disposable income of urban residents, household consumption expenditure, production rate of waste disposal industry, and inflation rate. The empirical analysis is based on survey data of 5000 households in Beijing, China. The results indicate that the current uniform price of waste disposal is set too high for low-income people, and waste fees to the household disposable income or total household spending ratio are too low for the medium-and high-income families. An increasing block pricing model can prevent this kind of situation, and not only solve the problem of lack of funds, but also enhance the residents' awareness of environmental protection. A comparative study based on the grey system model is made by having a preliminary forecast for the waste emissions reduction effect of the pay-as-you-throw programme in the next 5 years of Beijing, China. The results show that the effect of the pay-as-you-throw programme is not only to promote the energy conservation and emissions reduction, but also giving a further improvement of the environmental quality.
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页码:228 / 235
页数:8
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