Households’ expenditures for solid waste management services: Influencing factors and deep insight
Ghulam Mustafa, Naveed Hayat, Bader Alhafi Alotaibi, Abou Traore, Hatime Kamilcelebi, Hatime Kamilcelebi, Hatime Kamilcelebi, Hatime Kamilcelebi
TL;DR
This study examines how much Pakistani households pay for waste management and what factors influence these payments.
Contribution
The study identifies key factors influencing household payments for waste collection in Pakistan using robust regression analysis.
Findings
On average, households pay PKR 214 per month for waste collection and disposal services.
Rural households pay more than urban ones, and regional differences in payment amounts are significant.
Household income, education, and infrastructure factors significantly affect willingness to pay for waste services.
Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the existing solid waste collection and management system available to households in Pakistan and to explore the factors affecting households’ cash payments for waste collection and disposal services. Robust least square regression is applied to household-level data from 16,155 households in the Pakistan Social Living Measurement Survey (PSLM) for 2019–2020. This method was chosen for its ability to handle outliers and provide more reliable estimates. On average, households pay PKR 214 (USD 1.01) per month for waste collection and disposal services. Households in Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pay the highest amounts, while those in Sindh and Punjab pay less. Rural households pay more than urban households. Waste collection is primarily handled by private vans/carts, with doorstep collection being the most common method. The municipality’s role in waste…
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Taxonomy
TopicsMunicipal Solid Waste Management · Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management · Recycling and Waste Management Techniques