Comparison of end-of-life vehicles management in 31 European countries : a LMDI analysis

Korica, Predrag (author), Cirman, Andreja (author), Žgajnar Gotvajn, Andreja (author)

In 2018, a total of 6,083,000 end-of-life vehicles (EVLs) with a total weight of 6,732,000 tonnes (including waste parts) were generated in the EU. These vehicles are a subject of particular attention because of their bulky mass, the hazardous components they contain, and the valuable materials present. This paper analyses the quantities of ELVs and parts of ELVs that have been recycled, energy recovered, disposed, and reused to assess the impact of the changes in these management options on the total quantities managed. The analysis covered the statistical data on EVLs in 31 European countries for the period 2006–2018, by using a new extended version of the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) analysis model, which allows analysts to compare and analyse different waste management options simultaneously. The results show that the changes in the waste intensities and household final consumption expenditure were the greatest drivers of changes in the total quantities managed, while changes in the quantities recycled, energy recovered, disposed of, and reused had the least impact. All countries met or were close to meeting the targets during the period analysed. Changes in the total quantities of waste managed depended on the economic activity, which influenced the quantities of ELVs generated and their subsequent management.

• Language: English
• Keywords: decomposition analysis, end-of-life vehicles, logarithmic mean divisia index, waste management, waste generation, end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI)
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: EF - School of Economics and Business; FKKT - Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
• Publication status: In print
• Publication version: Author Accepted Manuscript
• Year: 2022
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135439
• UDC: 628.4.037
• ISSN on article: 0734-242X
• DOI: 10.1177/0734242X221074118
• COBISS.SI-ID: 95590147
• Publication date in RUL: 15.03.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Waste management & research
• Shortened title: Waste manage. res.
• Publisher: SAGE Publishing
• ISSN: 0734-242X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 30619136

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Divisijev indeks logaritemskih povprečij, analiza panela/niza podatkov, nastajanje odpadkov, ravnanje z odpadki

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Funding programme: Raziskovalni program
• Project number: P2-0191
• Name: Kemijsko inženirstvo

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Funding programme: Raziskovalni program
• Project number: P5-0128
• Name: Izzivi vključujočega in trajnostnega razvoja v prevladujoči paradigmi ekonomskih in poslovnih znanosti