Robust information for effective municipal solid waste policies: Identifying behaviour of waste generation across spatial levels of organization (original) (raw)

Existing studies have studied influencing factors of MSW generation behaviour at different spatial levels of organization, but always one at a time and not simultaneously. Income is a strong influencing factor, affecting MSW generation from the individual to the country level, capable of hiding the effects of the others. This study shows that when MSW generation behaviour is holistically analysed across multiple levels of organization Highlights • Sudden changes in MSW generations behaviours are common to developing countries. • Determined by social practices at multiple hierarchical spatial levels of organization. • Different influencing factors of MSW generation behaviour appear at each level. • Income is mostly the main influencing factor of MSW generation behaviour. • Most studies conclude this from analyzing this link one spatial level at a time. • Simultaneous analysis can reveal influencing factors others than income.