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International Journal Of Environmental Protection, vol.2, no.5, pp.6-8, 2012 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Because of the increasing population of cities and the
affects of industrialization, solid waste management becomes an
important problem for cities. This problem gets bigger in large
cities related with large population and increased complexity.
Collection of solid waste is the first and a critical phase of solid
waste management programs. This paper aims to e valuate the
success of solid waste collection programs of large cities in
Turkey with data envelopment analysis. By using data
envelopment analysis, municipalities can benchmark the
efficiency of their waste collection programs and can evaluate
what they should do for increasing the efficiency of their waste
collection programs.