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Digitalization of waste management: Insights from German private and public waste management firms
Waste Management & Research ( IF 3.7 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 , DOI: 10.1177/0734242x211029173
Rebecca Borchard 1 , Roman Zeiss 1 , Jan Recker 2
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Policymakers, practitioners, and scholars have long-lauded digital technologies, such as smart waste containers or artificial intelligence for material recognition and robotic automation, as key enablers to more effective and efficient waste management. While these advances promise an increasingly digitalized future for collecting, sorting, and recycling waste material, little is known about the current extent of digitalization by waste management firms. Available studies focus on firms’ digitalization intentions, largely neglecting the level of actual adoption of digital technologies, and do not differentiate the level of digitalization alongside different steps of the waste management value chain. Our study reports on a cross-sectional descriptive survey that captures current digitalization efforts and strategies of 130 public and private waste management firms in Germany. We analyze their levels of digitalization along with different steps of the waste management value chain, explore their different objectives, approaches, and transformational measures with regard to digitalization. Our findings reveal that while the perceived importance of digitalization in the waste management sector continues to grow, the actual adoption of advanced digital technologies falls notably behind intentions reported in 2016 and 2017. We explore the reasons for this gap, point out so far largely ignored research opportunities, and derive recommendations for waste management firms and associations.



中文翻译:

废物管理的数字化:来自德国私营和公共废物管理公司的见解

政策制定者、从业者和学者长期以来一直称赞数字技术,例如用于材料识别和机器人自动化的智能废物容器或人工智能,是更有效和高效废物管理的关键推动因素。虽然这些进步预示着收集、分类和回收废物的未来将越来越数字化,但人们对废物管理公司目前的数字化程度知之甚少。现有研究侧重于企业的数字化意图,很大程度上忽略了数字技术的实际采用水平,并且没有将数字化水平与废物管理价值链的不同步骤区分开来。我们的研究报告了一项横断面描述性调查,该调查记录了德国 130 家公共和私人废物管理公司当前的数字化努力和战略。我们分析他们的数字化水平以及废物管理价值链的不同步骤,探索他们在数字化方面的不同目标、方法和转型措施。我们的研究结果表明,虽然数字化在废物管理领域的重要性不断提高,但先进数字技术的实际采用明显落后于 2016 年和 2017 年报告的意图。我们探讨了造成这种差距的原因,并指出迄今为止在很大程度上被忽视了研究机会,并为废物管理公司和协会提供建议。我们分析他们的数字化水平以及废物管理价值链的不同步骤,探索他们在数字化方面的不同目标、方法和转型措施。我们的研究结果表明,虽然数字化在废物管理领域的重要性不断提高,但先进数字技术的实际采用明显落后于 2016 年和 2017 年报告的意图。我们探讨了造成这种差距的原因,并指出迄今为止在很大程度上被忽视了研究机会,并为废物管理公司和协会提供建议。我们分析他们的数字化水平以及废物管理价值链的不同步骤,探索他们在数字化方面的不同目标、方法和转型措施。我们的研究结果表明,虽然数字化在废物管理领域的重要性不断提高,但先进数字技术的实际采用明显落后于 2016 年和 2017 年报告的意图。我们探讨了造成这种差距的原因,并指出迄今为止在很大程度上被忽视了研究机会,并为废物管理公司和协会提供建议。

更新日期:2021-06-30
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