Quantifying the effect of waste on soil health in European Union: what are the roles of technology, natural capital, and institutional quality?
European Union
Natural capital
Soil health
Technology
Waste
Journal
Environmental science and pollution research international
ISSN: 1614-7499
Titre abrégé: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9441769
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
Historique:
received:
11
01
2022
accepted:
13
05
2022
pubmed:
28
5
2022
medline:
4
10
2022
entrez:
27
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
With a surge in both hazardous and non-hazardous waste in recent decades, European Union countries are losing their soil quality which in turn affects the agricultural production of their economies. Taking this into account, this study presents the effect of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, plastic waste, and electronic waste on soil health for 24 European Union (EU) countries during 2004-2018 period. The impacts of several other variables such as technological innovation, ICT, natural capital, fossil fuel energy consumption, and institutional quality on soil health are also examined. To achieve the above objectives, we employ Driscoll-Kraay technique as the main methodology as well as panel spatial correlation consistent (PSCC) standard errors and quantile estimation at median. The results demonstrate that electronic waste has a negative effect on soil health while the effect of total hazardous and non-hazardous waste and plastic waste on soil health remains insignificant. Technological innovation, ICT, and institutional quality, as well as fossil fuel energy consumption, have positive impacts on soil health. Furthermore, natural capital moderates the effect of plastic and electronic waste on soil health. The study finally provides precise policy recommendations for the EU countries such as proper handling of wastes, promoting strong institutional quality as well as use of technology to enrich the soil nutrient balance.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35624366
doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-20909-4
pii: 10.1007/s11356-022-20909-4
doi:
Substances chimiques
Fossil Fuels
0
Plastics
0
Soil
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
73227-73240Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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