The economic assessment of the environmental and social impacts generated by a light packaging and bulky waste sorting and treatment facility in Spain: a circular economy example

Medina-Mijangos, Rubí; Ajour El Zein, Samer; Guerrero-García-Rojas, Hilda; Seguí-Amórtegui, Luis

doi:10.1186/s12302-021-00519-6

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 9 Summary of the economic results of Impacts considered for the STF per €/year and €/ton (year 2017).

From: The economic assessment of the environmental and social impacts generated by a light packaging and bulky waste sorting and treatment facility in Spain: a circular economy example

Type of impact	Impact group	Impact identification		Impact frequency	Impact quantification	Impact valuation (€/year)		Impact Valuation (€/ton)		Percentage (%)
Type of impact	Impact group	Costs	Revenues	Impact frequency	Impact quantification	Costs	Revenues	Costs	Revenues	Costs	Revenues
Private	Infrastructure	Labour Costs		During the life of project	86,081 tons of waste	1,695,490		19.70		20.44%
		Equipment repair and Maintenance costs			86,081 tons of waste	1,165,892		13.54		14.05%
		Provision costs			86,081 tons of waste	1,694,127		19.68		20.42%
		Depreciation of fixed assets			86,081 tons of waste	1,637,455		19.02		19.73%
		Other Costs			86,081 tons of waste	2,086,242		24.24		25.15%
Private	Reuse, recycling and recovery of waste		Scrap	During the life of project	3,374 tons of waste		273,548		3.18		2.08%
			Plastic, Paper/cardboard, glass and others		19,521 tons of waste		17,133		0.19		0.12%
			Wood chips		48,045 tons of waste		547,788		6.37		4.16%
			Fees for Light Packaging sorting Service		22,806 tons of waste		4,434,506		51.52		33.68%
			Fees for Bulky treatment service		63,275 tons of waste		3,451,628		40.10		26.22%
			Other revenues		86,081 tons of waste		163,932		1.90		1.24%
External	Use of materials		Avoided Material send to landfill	During the life of project	70,940 tons of waste		3,341,274		38.82		25.38%
External	Use of materials		Quality of materials	During the life of project	60,479 tons of waste		73,893		0.86		0.56%
External	Environment		Avoided Emissions to air (CO₂)	During the life of project	69,655 tons CO₂ eq.		696,550		8.09		5.29%
External	Environment		Avoided Emission to water	During the life of project	122.43 tons of plastic waste		102,977		1.20		0.78%
External	Public Health	Accidents (injuries)		During the life of project	6 People affected	18,191		0.21		0.22%
External	Public Health	Fires		During the life of project	0 People affected	0		0		0%
External	Education		Culture of 3R for citizens	During the life of project	Amount of People		44,925		0.52		0.34%
External	Education		Technique of workers	During the life of project	% productivity		18,470		0.21		0.14%
External	Quality Life	Disamenities		During the life of project	Price of households or WTP to avoid	0		0		0%
Total Private Costs and Revenues (∑ Private Impacts)						8,279,206	8,888,535	96.18	103.26	99.78%	67.51%
Total External Costs and Revenues (∑ External Impacts)						18,191	4,277,089	0.21	49.69	0.22%	32.49%
Total Impacts (Private Impacts + External Impacts)						8,297,397	13,165,624	96.39	152.95	100.00%	100.00%

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