EFFICIENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURE OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENTS IN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

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Magdalena Jarczok-Guzy
Jan Kaczmarzyk
Edyta Sugut


Keywords : environmental protection expenditure, sustainable development indicators, sustainable development goals, efficiency, waste managem
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Aim: Pursuing sustainable development justifies incurring expenditure in the field of environmental protection because the state’s active fiscal policy is an essential determinant of achieving sustainable development goals. The distribution of public funds should depend on the efficiency of their use. The purpose of the research procedure is (1) to analyze the structure of environmental protection expenditure of the general government in the European Union and the individual member states; (2) to assess the efficiency of environmental protection expenditure of the general government in the implementation of sustainable development goals in waste management. Methods: The study uses linear regression with regression confidence bounds. The indicator chosen to assess the efficiency of expenditure was the Recycling rate of municipal waste (SDG_11_60). Results: The structure of environmental protection expenditure of the general government in most member states in 2012–2021 was stable, which may result from the adopted national environmental policies or internal conditions of a given country. Waste management expenditure dominates the structure of environmental protection expenditure of the general government in many countries. The analysis of the efficiency of environmental protection expenditure of the general government in waste management confirmed its efficiency in a significant number of states. Conclusions: The research procedure indicated that positive relations between general spending on the environment and achieving sustainable goals can be confirmed. Unfortunately, there is a problem with data consistency of various indicators measuring sustainable goals. Therefore, extending such research to a multiple factor case, for example, can be difficult.

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Jarczok-Guzy, M., Kaczmarzyk, J., & Sugut, E. (2024). EFFICIENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURE OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENTS IN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN WASTE MANAGEMENT. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia, 23(2), 17–27. https://doi.org/10.22630/ASPE.2024.23.2.6
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