Little firms grow up. Patterns of change in the Italian waste management industry
Journal title ECONOMIA PUBBLICA
Author/s Antonio Massarutto
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2025/3
Language Italian Pages 38 P. 309-346 File size 268 KB
DOI 10.3280/EP2025-003001
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In this article we propose a reasoned analysis of the structure of the municipal waste management system supply chain in Italy, which reconstructs the market shares of the different operators and the institutional regimes that relate the different phases of the supply chain to each other. What emerges is a picture of growing concentration and progressive greater openness to the market, which however requires an appropriate regulatory design in order to make the most of the benefits of competition.
Keywords: urban waste management, local utilities, circular economy
Jel codes: L99, H44, Q53
Antonio Massarutto, Piccole aziende crescono. Come cambia l’organizzazione industriale della gestione dei rifiuti urbani in Italia in "ECONOMIA PUBBLICA " 3/2025, pp 309-346, DOI: 10.3280/EP2025-003001