How to promote the sustainability of China's rural waste management system: Increase government subsidies or increase waste service management fees?

IF 3.5 4区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Natural Resources Forum Pub Date : 2024-04-12 DOI:10.1111/1477-8947.12454

Mengling Tian, Ruifeng Liu, Jian Wang, Jiahao Liang, Yefan Nian, Hengyun Ma

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Abstract

Rural waste management is a highly complex issue requiring multi‐stakeholders' cooperation. The promotion of cooperative action through social mobilization is essential. Based on evolutionary game theory, this study constructs a dynamic model consisting of government, social funds, and rural residents to study the effectiveness of public–private partnership (PPP) projects in rural waste management in China. The results show that excessively high or low subsidies from the government to social funds are detrimental to the sustainability of rural waste management. The optimal subsidy rate ranges from 600,000 RMB to PPP 750,000 RMB. It may strike a balance between avoiding excessive financial burden on the government and encouraging a 5% increase in social funds' investment. Waste management fees are suitable for promoting the quality of rural waste management services, with the maximum ideal fee being 24 RMB. The simulation results also demonstrate that the policy combination of high incentives and high penalties and low supervision and high penalties is conducive to tripartite cooperation in PPP projects. In addition, the government should impose fines of more than 750,000 RMB on social funds to prevent potentially ineffective management services offered by the social funds.

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如何促进中国农村垃圾管理系统的可持续性？增加政府补贴还是提高垃圾处理费？

农村垃圾管理是一个非常复杂的问题，需要多方利益相关者的合作。通过社会动员促进合作行动至关重要。本研究基于演化博弈理论，构建了一个由政府、社会资金和农村居民组成的动态模型，以研究公私合作（PPP）项目在中国农村垃圾治理中的有效性。研究结果表明，政府对社会资金的补贴过高或过低都不利于农村垃圾治理的可持续性。最佳补贴率从 60 万元人民币到 75 万元人民币不等。既能避免政府财政负担过重，又能鼓励社会资金投入增加 5%。垃圾管理费适合促进农村垃圾管理服务质量的提高，理想的最高收费标准为 24 元。模拟结果还表明，高奖高罚和低监高罚的政策组合有利于 PPP 项目的三方合作。此外，政府应对社会资金处以 75 万元以上的罚款，以防止社会资金提供的管理服务可能无效。

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6.10

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