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The impact of public awareness, infrastructure, and technological development with economic growth on solid waste management of European countries: does governance quality matters

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Solid waste generation is a significant problem affecting the ecosystem, human health, and safety. However, the issue is not given the attention it truly deserves. Consequently, this study is aimed at assessing the impact of various factors, such as economic growth, public awareness, infrastructure, and technological advancements, on generating municipal waste in the European Union (EU) for the period 1995–2020. Furthermore, the study incorporated the mediating effect of economic growth and government effectiveness with public awareness, infrastructure, and technological development to reduce waste generation. By employing the bias-corrected method of moments, the study finds that overall waste generation does not decrease over time in EU economies. Furthermore, Denmark is the top-ranked country among the sampled countries to generate waste. However, Finland is at the top in government effectiveness. The empirical findings showed that economic growth is the significant reason for the increase in solid waste production. Additionally, the interaction effects of economic growth with public awareness, infrastructure, and technological development are positive. However, the individual impact of public awareness, infrastructure, and technological development is positive in reducing waste generation. Governance effectiveness is a significant tool to lower waste generation in European economies.

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1. This study was supported in part by the National Social Science Foundation, P.R. China (Project No.: 20BJY087)

2. 2022 Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education - Youth Fund Project (No. 22YJCZH069)

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    Rizwana Yasmeen

  2. School of Management, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, 310015, China

    Muddassar Sarfraz & Wasi Ul Hassan Shah

  3. Department of Economics, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, 37491-13357, Iran

    Wasi Ul Hassan Shah

  4. Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 300191, Timisoara, Romania

    Larisa Ivascu

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Yasmeen, ., Sarfraz, M., Shah, W.U.H. et al. The impact of public awareness, infrastructure, and technological development with economic growth on solid waste management of European countries: does governance quality matters. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 113442–113456 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30356-4

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